Synopsis
The film's central story follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy. Between 2007 and 2011, with unprecedented, independent access, Big Men's two-person crew filmed inside the oil company as Kosmos and its partners discovered and developed the first commercial oil field in Ghana's history. Simultaneously the crew filmed in the swamps of Nigeria's Niger Delta, following the exploits of a militant gang to reveal another side of the economy of oil: people trying to profit in any way possible, because they've given up on waiting for the money to trickle down. So what happens when a group of hungry people discover a massive and exquisitely rare pot of gold in one of the poorest places on earth?
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
18.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
29.7%
Critic Consensus
100.0% Fresh • 18 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 18 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, political, historical. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
visually strikingpoliticalhistoricalcharacter-drivenemotionalthought-provoking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score100.0
RT critic review count19
Rotten Tomatoes audience score76.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.2
IMDb votes674
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2014 | $56,286 | $74,596 |
| International | 2014 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2014 | $56,286 | $74,596 |
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 | 2014 | $28,143 | $37,298 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2014 | $1,268,000 | $1,680,488 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2014 | $1,004,000 | $1,330,608 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2014 | $1,446,000 | $1,916,393 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2014 | $3,897,000 | $5,164,719 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2014 | $75,000 | $99,398 |
| Total Revenues | 2014 | $7,718,143 | $10,228,903 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2014 | $250,000 (est) | $331,327 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2014 | $80,000 (est) | $106,025 (est) |
| Participations | 2014 | $309,000 | $409,520 |
| Residuals ? | 2014 | $465,000 | $616,267 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2014 | $50,000 | $66,265 |
| Total Expenses | 2014 | $1,154,000 | $1,529,403 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2014 | $6,564,143 | $8,699,500 |
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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 $0, DVD $2,717,000, BluRay $1,180,000
- 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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