Adored: Diary of a Porn Star

2004 | Drama, Romance

Synopsis

Set in the south of France, Riki Kandinski and his elder brother Fredrico, come back to their family castle for their father's funeral. They haven't seen each other in a long time and Fredrico knows nothing about his younger brother, but he notices that he is making big money and living in luxury all for a few days work a week. By pure chance, Fredrico gets his hands on a gay porn magazine and sees his brother in it. According to Riki, he's had more than six hundred men and only four women. The brothers who grew up apart will have to get to know another again but both their lives change drastically when they witness a woman's death in a car crash.

Scores

Overall Score
20.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
11.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
20.8%
Review Aggregate
40.9

Critic Consensus

23.1% Fresh • 13 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 23% of 13 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize tragic, satirical, realistic. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

tragicsatiricalrealisticcharacter-drivenromanticemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score23.0
RT critic review count13
Rotten Tomatoes audience score49.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating5.8
IMDb votes432

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$41,703$69,255
International2004N/AN/A
Worldwide2004$41,703$69,255

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 Revenue2004$20,852$34,627
Digital Rentals ?2004$28,000$46,499
Digital Purchases ?2004$1,000$1,661
Physical Rentals ?2004$2,922,000$4,852,469
Physical Purchases ?2004$6,114,000$10,153,318
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$75,000$124,550
Total Revenues2004$9,160,852$15,213,124
Expenses
Budget ?2004$250,000 (est)$415,167 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$80,000 (est)$132,853 (est)
Participations2004$366,000$607,804
Residuals ?2004$665,000$1,104,344
Interest & Overhead2004$50,000$83,033
Total Expenses2004$1,411,000$2,343,201
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$7,749,852$12,869,923

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