Synopsis
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells the sagging picture to a Japanese media company. But YoYo is determined to upstage the whole production by granting the director's wish to have a grand "comedy funeral". To raise the money for it, he auctions off advertising and sponsorships for the funeral to companies around the world. But wait...is Don getting better?
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
29.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
17.9%
Critic Consensus
27.3% Fresh • 11 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 27% of 11 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize satirical, character-driven, funny. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
satiricalcharacter-drivenfunnystylizedemotionalvisually striking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score20.0
RT critic review count15
Rotten Tomatoes audience score71.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes2,486
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2003 | $820 | $1,398 |
| International | 2003 | $50,239 | $85,652 |
| Worldwide | 2003 | $51,059 | $87,050 |
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 | 2003 | $20,506 | $34,960 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2003 | $0 | $0 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2003 | $63,000 | $107,408 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2003 | $114,000 | $194,358 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2003 | $990,000 | $1,687,842 |
| Total Revenues | 2003 | $1,187,506 | $2,024,568 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2003 | $3,300,000 | $5,626,141 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source | 2003 | $1,812,000 | $3,089,263 |
| Participations | 2003 | $24,000 | $40,917 |
| Residuals ? | 2003 | $59,000 | $100,589 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2003 | $660,000 | $1,125,228 |
| Total Expenses | 2003 | $5,855,000 | $9,982,139 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2003 | $-4,667,494 | $-7,957,571 |
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 | Wild Tales | 2015 | Shared genres: 3 | 87.1 | $21,136,822 |
Tooltips
- 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 $13,000, DVD $101,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- The Chinese producer of the film, Huayi Brothers, earmarked a massive 15 million yuan for advertising and marketing, with 400 master copies of the film pre-booked and numerous venues for flashy promotional activities, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore (B. Chen, 2005).
- 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.
Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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