Brand Upon the Brain!

2007 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis

Returned home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

Scores

Overall Score
47.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
37.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
38.6%
Review Aggregate
85.5

Critic Consensus

92.9% Fresh • 56 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 93% of 56 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, visually striking, scary. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

thin plotvisually strikingscarygrittydarksurrealsuspensefulcoming of ageromanticfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sullivan Brown2007$2,000$3,000(est)
Gretchen Krich2007$1,000$2,000(est)
Maya Lawson2007$1,000$2,000(est)
Erik Steffen Maahs2007$1,000$1,000(est)
Katherine E. Scharhon2007$1,000$1,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score91.0
RT critic review count58
Rotten Tomatoes audience score88.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes3,838

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$263,200$398,292
International2007$17,891$27,074
Worldwide2007$281,091$425,365

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 Revenue2007$138,756$209,975
Digital Rentals ?2007$378,000$572,014
Digital Purchases ?2007$141,000$213,370
Physical Rentals ?2007$6,510,000$9,851,360
Physical Purchases ?2007$14,627,000$22,134,539
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$118,440$179,231
Total Revenues2007$21,913,196$33,160,491
Expenses
Budget ?2007$40,000$60,531
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$120,000 (est)$181,592 (est)
Participations2007$877,000$1,327,134
Residuals ?2007$1,581,000$2,392,473
Interest & Overhead2007$8,000$12,106
Total Expenses2007$2,626,000$3,973,836
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$19,287,196$29,186,655

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