Against the Ropes

2004 | Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport, Boxing, Combat Sport, Sports

Synopsis

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

Scores

Overall Score
53.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
56.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
64.2%
Review Aggregate
27.8

Critic Consensus

11.7% Fresh • 120 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 12% of 120 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, historical, gritty. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plothistoricalgrittyupliftingfunnyrealisticthought-provokinglightheartedcharacter-drivenstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Meg Ryan2004$2,543,000$4,223,000(est)
Omar Epps2004$1,565,000$2,599,000(est)
Tony Shalhoub2004$1,179,000$1,957,000(est)
Tim Daly2004$964,000$1,600,000(est)
Kerry Washington2004$824,000$1,369,000(est)
Charles S. Dutton2004$725,000$1,205,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score11.0
RT critic review count132
Rotten Tomatoes audience score29.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating5.3
IMDb votes7,588

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$5,884,190$9,771,680
International2004$712,321$1,182,928
Worldwide2004$6,596,511$10,954,608

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$3,227,023$5,359,011
Digital Rentals ?2004$125,000$207,583
Digital Purchases ?2004$4,000$6,643
Physical Rentals ?2004$13,158,000$21,851,056
Physical Purchases ?2004$27,531,000$45,719,823
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$2,353,676$3,908,672
Total Revenues2004$46,398,699$77,052,788
Expenses
Budget ?2004$39,000,000$64,766,012
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$5,994,000 (est)$9,954,038 (est)
Participations2004$928,000$1,541,099
Residuals ?2004$3,121,000$5,182,942
Interest & Overhead2004$6,630,000$11,010,222
Total Expenses2004$55,673,000$92,454,313
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$-9,274,301$-15,401,525

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