A Brilliant Young Mind

2015 | Drama, Romance

Synopsis

A socially awkward teenage maths prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Scores

Overall Score
65.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
71.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.4%
Review Aggregate
79.5

Critic Consensus

86.7% Fresh • 75 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 87% of 75 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, lighthearted, coming of age. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

emotionallightheartedcoming of agecharacter-drivensuspensefulrealisticvisually strikinggrittyromanticthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Asa Butterfield2015$13,000$17,000(est)
Rafe Spall2015$8,000$11,000(est)
Sally Hawkins2015$6,000$8,000(est)
Eddie Marsan2015$5,000$7,000(est)
Jo Yang2015$4,000$6,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score87.0
RT critic review count75
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes30,982

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$171,793$227,390
International2015$871,827$1,153,975
Worldwide2015$1,043,620$1,381,365

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 Revenue2015$434,627$575,285
Digital Rentals ?2015$1,890,000$2,501,658
Digital Purchases ?2015$1,982,000$2,623,432
Physical Rentals ?2015$2,144,000$2,837,860
Physical Purchases ?2015$5,746,000$7,605,571
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$85,896$113,695
Total Revenues2015$12,282,524$16,257,501
Expenses
Budget ?2015$1,148,000 (est)$1,519,526 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$835,000 (est)$1,105,230 (est)
Participations2015$491,000$649,902
Residuals ?2015$698,000$923,893
Interest & Overhead2015$229,600$303,905
Total Expenses2015$3,401,600$4,502,455
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$8,880,924$11,755,046

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