Synopsis
A tribute to graffiti art and the city where it all began. Blest, a 19-year-old graffiti writer, has just graduated from high school. With no ambition toward mainstream goals of work and family, he spends his time bombing the city with graffiti messages until he and his crew become the most wanted bombers by the corrupt NYPD Vandal Squad. He even attracts major media and gallery attention for his tags. Also part of Blest's crew are Buk 50 and his younger brother Lune, whose arrest and beating by the NYPD causes the crew to wage a full-on graffiti war against the city. As they fight with their spray cans and their tags, Blest meets a political activist, Alexandra. Soon after, Blest's relationship with Buk 50 and the crew fragments as Blest ponders his position in life.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
23.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
13.0%
Critic Consensus
33.3% Fresh • 21 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely negative, with 33% of 21 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, suspenseful, tragic. Many reviews cite pacing issues as the main reasons it falls short.
visually strikingsuspensefultragicsurrealdarkromanticstylizedemotionalpoliticalpacing issues
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score32.0
RT critic review count22
Rotten Tomatoes audience score84.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes1,120
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2005 | $15,520 | $24,929 |
| International | 2005 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2005 | $15,520 | $24,929 |
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 | 2005 | $7,760 | $12,464 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2005 | $28,000 | $44,975 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2005 | $4,000 | $6,425 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2005 | $1,576,000 | $2,531,445 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2005 | $3,782,000 | $6,074,826 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2005 | $75,000 | $120,469 |
| Total Revenues | 2005 | $5,472,760 | $8,790,603 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2005 | $250,000 (est) | $401,562 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2005 | $80,000 (est) | $128,500 (est) |
| Participations | 2005 | $219,000 | $351,768 |
| Residuals ? | 2005 | $392,000 | $629,649 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2005 | $50,000 | $80,312 |
| Total Expenses | 2005 | $991,000 | $1,591,791 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2005 | $4,481,760 | $7,198,813 |
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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 $72,000, DVD $3,701,000, BluRay $9,000
- 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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