Black Christmas

2006 | Horror, Adaptation, Christmas, Christmas Season Event, Remake, Slasher

Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.

Scores

Overall Score
67.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
76.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
75.2%
Review Aggregate
30.6

Critic Consensus

15.0% Fresh • 60 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 15% of 60 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize christmas, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

christmasthin plotfunnyscarymacabrevisually strikingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Katie Cassidy2006$433,000$674,000(est)
Michelle Trachtenberg2006$267,000$415,000(est)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead2006$201,000$312,000(est)
Oliver Hudson2006$164,000$255,000(est)
Lacey Chabert2006$140,000$219,000(est)
Kristen Cloke2006$124,000$192,000(est)
Andrea Martin2006$111,000$173,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score14.0
RT critic review count65
Rotten Tomatoes audience score38.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating4.7
IMDb votes32,313

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$16,273,581$25,322,530
International2006$5,237,270$8,149,462
Worldwide2006$21,510,852$33,471,994

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 Revenue2006$10,231,698$15,921,050
Digital Rentals ?2006$419,000$651,986
Digital Purchases ?2006$129,000$200,731
Physical Rentals ?2006$13,230,000$20,586,562
Physical Purchases ?2006$31,205,000$48,556,588
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$3,905,659$6,077,407
Total Revenues2006$59,120,358$91,994,323
Expenses
Budget ?2006$9,000,000$14,004,464
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$8,732,000 (est)$13,587,442 (est)
Participations2006$4,730,000$7,360,124
Residuals ?2006$3,489,000$5,429,064
Interest & Overhead2006$1,800,000$2,800,893
Total Expenses2006$27,751,000$43,181,986
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$31,369,358$48,812,337

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