Synopsis
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet. As the man and his new companion take their daily walks in the village, neighbors are drawn to the odd sight and approach him about riding the camel or using it for any number of purposes. He declines to exploit or capitalize on the friendly animal, and is met with barely veiled hostility. In time, the camel becomes a burden on both the town and the man, who's edged out of community affairs and lives on shaky ground with his wife.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
21.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
4.0%
Critic Consensus
95.5% Fresh • 22 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 95% of 22 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize lighthearted, satirical, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
lightheartedsatiricalvisually strikingcoming of agecharacter-drivenmacabrefamily-friendly
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score95.0
RT critic review count22
Rotten Tomatoes audience score88.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes1,115
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2004 | $3,733 | $6,199 |
| International | 2004 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2004 | $3,733 | $6,199 |
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 | 2004 | $1,866 | $3,100 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2004 | $4,000 | $6,643 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2004 | $0 | $0 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2004 | $395,000 | $655,963 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2004 | $826,000 | $1,371,711 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2004 | $75,000 | $124,550 |
| Total Revenues | 2004 | $1,301,866 | $2,161,967 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2004 | $250,000 (est) | $415,167 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2004 | $80,000 (est) | $132,853 (est) |
| Participations | 2004 | $26,000 | $43,177 |
| Residuals ? | 2004 | $85,000 | $141,157 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2004 | $50,000 | $83,033 |
| Total Expenses | 2004 | $491,000 | $815,388 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2004 | $810,866 | $1,346,579 |
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 | The Truman Show | 1998 | Shared genres: 2 | 96.5 | $82,922,197 |
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 $25,000, DVD $801,000, 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.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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