A Long Way Down

2014 | Comedy, Drama, New Year's Eve

Synopsis

Four people meet on New Year's Eve, and form a surrogate family to help one another with the difficulties of their lives.

Scores

Overall Score
63.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
70.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
69.5%
Review Aggregate
38.5

Critic Consensus

22.0% Fresh • 50 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 22% of 50 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, funny, emotional. Many reviews cite thin plot, uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotfunnyemotionallighthearteduneven tonerealisticdarkcharacter-driven

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Pierce Brosnan2014$1,480,000$1,962,000(est)
Toni Collette2014$911,000$1,207,000(est)
Aaron Paul2014$686,000$909,000(est)
Imogen Poots2014$561,000$743,000(est)
Rosamund Pike2014$480,000$636,000(est)
Sam Neill2014$422,000$560,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score22.0
RT critic review count50
Rotten Tomatoes audience score40.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes35,293

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$13,347$17,689
International2014$7,244,595$9,601,307
Worldwide2014$7,257,942$9,618,996

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 Revenue2014$2,904,512$3,849,367
Digital Rentals ?2014$721,000$955,546
Digital Purchases ?2014$571,000$756,750
Physical Rentals ?2014$821,000$1,088,076
Physical Purchases ?2014$2,214,000$2,934,228
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$6,810,000$9,025,336
Total Revenues2014$14,041,512$18,609,303
Expenses
Budget ?2014$22,700,000$30,084,452
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$1,173,000 (est)$1,554,584 (est)
Participations2014$281,000$372,411
Residuals ?2014$585,000$775,304
Interest & Overhead2014$4,540,000$6,016,890
Total Expenses2014$29,279,000$38,803,642
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$-15,237,488$-20,194,339

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