A Nightmare on Elm Street

2010 | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Adaptation, Remake, Slasher

Synopsis

The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.

Scores

Overall Score
75.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
83.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.4%
Review Aggregate
33.6

Critic Consensus

13.7% Fresh • 182 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 14% of 182 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, scary, coming of age. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotscarycoming of agedarkfamily-friendlymacabrevisually strikingpsychologicalsuspensefultragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jackie Earle Haley2010$2,282,000$3,282,000(est)
Kyle Gallner2010$1,405,000$2,021,000(est)
Rooney Mara2010$1,058,000$1,521,000(est)
Katie Cassidy2010$865,000$1,244,000(est)
Thomas Dekker2010$740,000$1,064,000(est)
Kellan Lutz2010$651,000$936,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score14.0
RT critic review count182
Rotten Tomatoes audience score43.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating5.2
IMDb votes112,655

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$63,075,012$90,722,751
International2010$52,619,852$75,684,769
Worldwide2010$115,694,864$166,407,520

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 Revenue2010$52,585,447$75,635,283
Digital Rentals ?2010$5,038,000$7,246,312
Digital Purchases ?2010$1,469,000$2,112,908
Physical Rentals ?2010$11,827,000$17,011,142
Physical Purchases ?2010$26,493,000$38,105,706
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$15,768,753$22,680,688
Total Revenues2010$113,181,200$162,792,039
Expenses
Budget ?2010$35,000,000$50,341,588
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$29,636,000 (est)$42,626,380 (est)
Participations2010$9,054,000$13,022,650
Residuals ?2010$3,847,000$5,533,260
Interest & Overhead2010$5,950,000$8,558,070
Total Expenses2010$83,487,000$120,081,948
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$29,694,200$42,710,091

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