Battlefield Earth

2000 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Adaptation, Alien Invasion, Book Adaptation, Conflict, Controversial, Invasion

Synopsis

It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.

Scores

Overall Score
63.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
81.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
71.6%
Review Aggregate
12.0

Critic Consensus

2.6% Fresh • 152 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 3% of 152 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, funny, stylized. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotfunnystylizedvisually strikingupliftingdarkcoming of agelighthearted

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
John Travolta2000$10,000,000 source$18,217,189reported
Barry Pepper2000$3,516,000$6,405,000(est)
Forest Whitaker2000$2,647,000$4,822,000(est)
Kim Coates2000$2,164,000$3,943,000(est)
Richard Tyson2000$1,851,000$3,373,000(est)
Sabine Karsenti2000$1,630,000$2,969,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score3.0
RT critic review count152
Rotten Tomatoes audience score13.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating2.5
IMDb votes85,017

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2000$21,471,685$39,115,375
International2000$8,253,978$15,036,428
Worldwide2000$29,725,663$54,151,803

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 Revenue2000$14,037,434$25,572,259
Digital Rentals ?2000N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2000N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2000$21,740,000$39,604,170
Physical Purchases ?2000$28,994,000$52,818,919
TV & Streaming Revenue2000$5,153,204$9,387,690
Total Revenues2000$69,924,638$127,383,037
Expenses
Budget ?2000$73,000,000$132,985,482
Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source2000$20,000,000$36,434,379
Participations2000$1,398,000$2,546,763
Residuals ?2000$3,993,000$7,274,124
Interest & Overhead2000$10,950,000$19,947,822
Total Expenses2000$109,341,000$199,188,570
Movie Net Profit or Loss2000$-39,416,362$-71,805,533

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