Ask the Dust

2006 | Drama, Romance

Synopsis

Mexican beauty Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek) hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Scores

Overall Score
53.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
57.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
54.9%
Review Aggregate
43.0

Critic Consensus

36.4% Fresh • 99 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 36% of 99 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, character-driven. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotcharacter-drivenvisually strikingnoirgrittypacing issuesemotionalhistoricalrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Colin Farrell2006$28,000$44,000(est)
Salma Hayek2006$17,000$27,000(est)
Donald Sutherland2006$13,000$20,000(est)
Eileen Atkins2006$11,000$17,000(est)
Idina Menzel2006$9,000$14,000(est)
Justin Kirk2006$8,000$13,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score36.0
RT critic review count101
Rotten Tomatoes audience score41.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.7
IMDb votes10,347

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$743,847$1,157,464
International2006$1,716,210$2,670,511
Worldwide2006$2,460,057$3,827,976

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 Revenue2006$1,058,408$1,646,937
Digital Rentals ?2006$272,000$423,246
Digital Purchases ?2006$84,000$130,708
Physical Rentals ?2006$8,584,000$13,357,146
Physical Purchases ?2006$20,247,000$31,505,376
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$297,539$462,986
Total Revenues2006$30,542,946$47,526,399
Expenses
Budget ?2006$2,706,000 (est)$4,210,675 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$2,286,000 (est)$3,557,134 (est)
Participations2006$1,222,000$1,901,495
Residuals ?2006$2,153,000$3,350,179
Interest & Overhead2006$541,200$842,135
Total Expenses2006$8,908,200$13,861,618
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$21,634,746$33,664,780

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