A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006 | Crime, Drama

Synopsis

Coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

Scores

Overall Score
67.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
53.2%
Review Aggregate
73.2

Critic Consensus

75.8% Fresh • 91 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 76% of 91 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize gritty, emotional, coming of age. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

grittyemotionalcoming of agecharacter-drivenrealisticfamily-friendlyvisually strikingsuspensefulstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Robert Downey Jr.2006$20,000$31,000(est)
Shia LaBeouf2006$12,000$19,000(est)
Rosario Dawson2006$9,000$15,000(est)
Melonie Diaz2006$8,000$12,000(est)
Eric Roberts2006$7,000$10,000(est)
Channing Tatum2006$6,000$9,000(est)
Chazz Palminteri2006$5,000$8,000(est)
Dianne Wiest2006$5,000$7,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score76.0
RT critic review count93
Rotten Tomatoes audience score73.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes27,831

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$517,809$805,738
International2006$1,517,659$2,361,556
Worldwide2006$2,035,468$3,167,293

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 Revenue2006$865,968$1,347,491
Digital Rentals ?2006$274,000$426,358
Digital Purchases ?2006$84,000$130,708
Physical Rentals ?2006$8,670,000$13,490,967
Physical Purchases ?2006$20,450,000$31,821,255
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$217,480$338,410
Total Revenues2006$30,561,448$47,555,189
Expenses
Budget ?2006$1,796,000 (est)$2,794,669 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$1,780,000 (est)$2,769,772 (est)
Participations2006$1,222,000$1,901,495
Residuals ?2006$2,171,000$3,378,188
Interest & Overhead2006$359,200$558,934
Total Expenses2006$7,328,200$11,403,057
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$23,233,248$36,152,132

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