Chinese Puzzle

2014 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.

Scores

Overall Score
66.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
57.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
75.8%
Review Aggregate
71.9

Critic Consensus

78.5% Fresh • 65 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 78% of 65 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize lighthearted, romantic, uplifting. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

lightheartedromanticupliftingvisually strikingrealisticfunnycoming of agestylizedemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Romain Duris2014$986,000$1,307,000(est)
Audrey Tautou2014$607,000$805,000(est)
Cécile de France2014$457,000$606,000(est)
Kelly Reilly2014$374,000$495,000(est)
Sandrine Holt2014$320,000$424,000(est)
Margaux Mansart2014$281,000$373,000(est)
Pablo Mugnier-Jacob2014$253,000$335,000(est)
Flore Bonaventura2014$230,000$305,000(est)
Benoît Jacquot2014$212,000$281,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score78.0
RT critic review count65
Rotten Tomatoes audience score67.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes15,678

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$338,523$448,647
International2014$16,629,774$22,039,544
Worldwide2014$16,968,297$22,488,191

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 Revenue2014$6,821,171$9,040,141
Digital Rentals ?2014$2,488,000$3,297,362
Digital Purchases ?2014$1,971,000$2,612,179
Physical Rentals ?2014$2,836,000$3,758,569
Physical Purchases ?2014$7,646,000$10,133,292
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$152,335$201,891
Total Revenues2014$21,914,506$29,043,433
Expenses
Budget ?2014$18,600,000$24,650,697
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$4,235,000 (est)$5,612,672 (est)
Participations2014$438,000$580,484
Residuals ?2014$922,000$1,221,932
Interest & Overhead2014$3,720,000$4,930,139
Total Expenses2014$27,915,000$36,995,925
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$-6,000,494$-7,952,492

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