Synopsis
AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family, which includes a sexually abusive father. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navigates this decadent new world, he meets a host of characters, including David, an older gay man who desires him, and Benjamin, a young hustler from Texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy. Can Dean find love while living a lie? How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to pull off his charade? Presented through three simultaneous frames rather than one.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
21.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
17.5%
Critic Consensus
64.3% Fresh • 28 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 64% of 28 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, emotional, stylized. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
visually strikingemotionalstylizedhistoricalcharacter-drivenromantic
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score58.0
RT critic review count33
Rotten Tomatoes audience score65.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes1,267
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2003 | $49,988 | $85,224 |
| International | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2003 | $49,988 | $85,224 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2003 | $24,994 | $42,612 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2003 | $15,000 | $25,573 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2003 | $2,988,000 | $5,094,215 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2003 | $5,451,000 | $9,293,363 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2003 | $75,000 | $127,867 |
| Total Revenues | 2003 | $8,553,994 | $14,583,631 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2003 | $250,000 (est) | $426,223 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2003 | $80,000 (est) | $136,391 (est) |
| Participations | 2003 | $342,000 | $583,073 |
| Residuals ? | 2003 | $620,000 | $1,057,033 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2003 | $50,000 | $85,245 |
| Total Expenses | 2003 | $1,342,000 | $2,287,964 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2003 | $7,211,994 | $12,295,666 |
Similar Movies
| Poster | Movie | Year | Match | Overall | Est. Profit |
|---|
 | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | Shared genres: 2 | 97.0 | $138,545,805 |
 | Slumdog Millionaire | 2008 | Shared genres: 2 | 96.5 | $176,939,629 |
 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | Shared genres: 2 | 96.5 | $191,619,470 |
 | Your Name. | 2017 | Shared genres: 2 | 96.1 | $-703,056,947 |
 | Big | 1988 | Shared genres: 2 | 95.9 | $84,885,694 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $631,000, DVD $4,821,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
- reestimate_prior_estimate;covid_mult=1.00;peer_count=0;reg_box_pred=155062;reg_main_pred=552416
Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
Comments
No approved comments yet.