A Bag of Marbles

2018 | Biography, Drama, History, War, Foreign Language, Historical War, Past, World War II

Synopsis

In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.

Scores

Overall Score
67.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
57.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
73.8%
Review Aggregate
81.2

Critic Consensus

83.3% Fresh • 24 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 24 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, lighthearted, family-friendly. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

emotionallightheartedfamily-friendlyhistoricalvisually strikingrealistictragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Dorian Le Clech2018$1,538,000$1,922,000(est)
Batyste Fleurial2018$947,000$1,183,000(est)
Patrick Bruel2018$713,000$891,000(est)
Elsa Zylberstein2018$583,000$728,000(est)
Bernard Campan2018$499,000$623,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score83.0
RT critic review count24
Rotten Tomatoes audience score85.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes6,863

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2018$411,318$513,861
International2018$10,487,680$13,102,291
Worldwide2018$10,898,998$13,616,152

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2018$4,400,731$5,497,847
Digital Rentals ?2018$2,111,000$2,637,279
Digital Purchases ?2018$2,546,000$3,180,726
Physical Rentals ?2018$1,301,000$1,625,343
Physical Purchases ?2018$3,689,000$4,608,679
TV & Streaming Revenue2018$172,754$215,822
Total Revenues2018$14,220,485$17,765,695
Expenses
Budget ?2018$21,400,000$26,735,086
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2018$3,802,000 (est)$4,749,850 (est)
Participations2018$284,000$354,802
Residuals ?2018$507,000$633,397
Interest & Overhead2018$4,280,000$5,347,017
Total Expenses2018$30,273,000$37,820,152
Movie Net Profit or Loss2018$-16,052,515$-20,054,457

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