Big Eyes

2014 | Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance

Synopsis

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Scores

Overall Score
80.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
86.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
80.1%
Review Aggregate
70.1

Critic Consensus

71.5% Fresh • 193 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 72% of 193 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, historical, emotional. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plothistoricalemotionalstylizedfunnyvisually strikingdarkcharacter-drivenchristmasthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Amy Adams2014$602,000$798,000(est)
Christoph Waltz2014$370,000$491,000(est)
Danny Huston2014$279,000$370,000(est)
Jon Polito2014$228,000$302,000(est)
Krysten Ritter2014$195,000$259,000(est)
Jason Schwartzman2014$172,000$228,000(est)
Terence Stamp2014$154,000$204,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score72.0
RT critic review count193
Rotten Tomatoes audience score68.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes103,208

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$14,482,031$19,193,126
International2014$14,771,135$19,576,278
Worldwide2014$29,253,166$38,769,404

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 Revenue2014$13,149,470$17,427,074
Digital Rentals ?2014$4,019,000$5,326,406
Digital Purchases ?2014$3,184,000$4,219,775
Physical Rentals ?2014$4,582,000$6,072,553
Physical Purchases ?2014$12,351,000$16,368,858
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$3,475,687$4,606,350
Total Revenues2014$40,761,157$54,021,016
Expenses
Budget ?2014$10,000,000$13,253,063
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$12,500,000 (est)$16,566,328 (est)
Participations2014$1,630,000$2,160,249
Residuals ?2014$1,650,000$2,186,755
Interest & Overhead2014$2,000,000$2,650,613
Total Expenses2014$27,780,000$36,817,008
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$12,981,157$17,204,009

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