Blinded by the Light

2019 | Comedy, Drama, Music

Synopsis

In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Scores

Overall Score
79.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
77.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
78.9%
Review Aggregate
84.7

Critic Consensus

88.5% Fresh • 261 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 89% of 261 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, lighthearted, uplifting. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

coming of agelightheartedupliftingemotionalfamily-friendlyrealisticfunnycharacter-drivengrittydark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Viveik Kalra2019$978,000$1,200,000(est)
Kulvinder Ghir2019$602,000$739,000(est)
Meera Ganatra2019$453,000$556,000(est)
Nell Williams2019$371,000$455,000(est)
Aaron Phagura2019$317,000$389,000(est)
Dean-Charles Chapman2019$279,000$342,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score89.0
RT critic review count261
Rotten Tomatoes audience score91.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes28,197

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2019$11,901,145$14,600,662
International2019$6,700,000$8,219,750
Worldwide2019$18,601,145$22,820,411

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 Revenue2019$8,630,572$10,588,231
Digital Rentals ?2019$4,106,000$5,037,357
Digital Purchases ?2019$4,903,000$6,015,139
Physical Rentals ?2019$1,858,000$2,279,447
Physical Purchases ?2019$5,346,000$6,558,624
TV & Streaming Revenue2019$2,856,275$3,504,159
Total Revenues2019$27,699,847$33,982,957
Expenses
Budget ?2019$15,000,000$18,402,425
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2019$13,168,000 (est)$16,154,875 (est)
Participations2019$554,000$679,663
Residuals ?2019$929,000$1,139,724
Interest & Overhead2019$3,000,000$3,680,485
Total Expenses2019$32,651,000$40,057,171
Movie Net Profit or Loss2019$-4,951,153$-6,074,214

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