Childhood's End

1997 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis

A story of two teens discovering their budding sexuality. Greg is having his first sexual experience and first relationship with his friend's mother, a woman twice his age....while Denise is angry with Greg, and sleeps with another girl. Both are in a hurry to mature, but both must deal with the repercussions of growing up, moving out, and leaving the security of childhood behind. Edie Falco, Sam Trammell, and Colleen Werthmann star in this engaging, intelligent, and semi-realistic independent seriocomedy.

Scores

Overall Score
6.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
2.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
0.9%
Review Aggregate
27.8

Critic Consensus

100.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, funny, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

coming of agefunnycharacter-drivenromanticemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score14.0
RT audience rating count50
IMDb rating4.7
IMDb votes261

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1997$3,804$7,435
International1997N/AN/A
Worldwide1997$3,804$7,435

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 Revenue1997$1,902$3,717
Digital Rentals ?1997N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1997N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1997$89,000$173,952
Physical Purchases ?1997$118,000$230,633
TV & Streaming Revenue1997$75,000$146,589
Total Revenues1997$283,902$554,891
Expenses
Budget ?1997$250,000 (est)$488,629 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1997$80,000 (est)$156,361 (est)
Participations1997$6,000$11,727
Residuals ?1997$17,000$33,227
Interest & Overhead1997$50,000$97,726
Total Expenses1997$403,000$787,670
Movie Net Profit or Loss1997$-119,098$-232,779

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