City Lights

2007 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

Scores

Overall Score
48.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
55.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
14.3%
Review Aggregate
95.0

Critic Consensus

94.2% Fresh • 52 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 94% of 52 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, thin plot, romantic. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnythin plotromanticemotionalgrittycharacter-driven

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Charlie Chaplin2007$86,000$131,000(est)
Virginia Cherrill2007$53,000$80,000(est)
Florence Lee2007$40,000$61,000(est)
Harry Myers2007$33,000$49,000(est)
Al Ernest Garcia2007$28,000$42,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score95.0
RT critic review count59
Rotten Tomatoes audience score95.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb ratingN/A
IMDb votesN/A

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$19,181$29,026
International2007N/AN/A
Worldwide2007$19,181$29,026

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$9,590$14,513
Digital Rentals ?2007$129,000$195,211
Digital Purchases ?2007$48,000$72,637
Physical Rentals ?2007$2,229,000$3,373,069
Physical Purchases ?2007$5,008,000$7,578,435
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$450,000$680,970
Total Revenues2007$7,873,590$11,914,835
Expenses
Budget ?2007$1,500,000$2,269,899
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$80,000 (est)$121,061 (est)
Participations2007$315,000$476,679
Residuals ?2007$555,000$839,863
Interest & Overhead2007$300,000$453,980
Total Expenses2007$2,750,000$4,161,481
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$5,123,590$7,753,354

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