Can't Hardly Wait

1998 | Comedy, Romance, High School, School, Teenager

Synopsis

A complete graduating class, consisting of beautiful girls, geeks and promising footballers, assemble at a rich classmate's residence for a party. Interesting developments follow at the get-together.

Scores

Overall Score
70.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
74.2%
Review Aggregate
55.1

Critic Consensus

41.8% Fresh • 55 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 42% of 55 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, thin plot, funny. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

coming of agethin plotfunnycharacter-drivenupliftinglightheartedfamily-friendlyromantic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ethan Embry1998$848,000$1,631,000(est)
Charlie Korsmo1998$522,000$1,004,000(est)
Lauren Ambrose1998$393,000$756,000(est)
Peter Facinelli1998$321,000$618,000(est)
Seth Green1998$275,000$529,000(est)
Jennifer Love Hewitt1998$242,000$465,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score42.0
RT critic review count66
Rotten Tomatoes audience score63.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes56,456

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1998$25,605,016$49,277,872
International1998N/AN/A
Worldwide1998$25,605,016$49,277,872

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 Revenue1998$12,802,508$24,638,936
Digital Rentals ?1998N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1998N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1998$22,648,000$43,586,977
Physical Purchases ?1998$31,684,000$60,977,119
TV & Streaming Revenue1998$6,401,254$12,319,468
Total Revenues1998$73,535,762$141,522,500
Expenses
Budget ?1998$13,000,000$25,019,017
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1998$8,156,000 (est)$15,696,546 (est)
Participations1998$5,883,000$11,322,068
Residuals ?1998$4,319,000$8,312,087
Interest & Overhead1998$2,600,000$5,003,803
Total Expenses1998$33,958,000$65,353,522
Movie Net Profit or Loss1998$39,577,762$76,168,978

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