Contraband

2012 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Adaptation, Remake

Synopsis

To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.

Scores

Overall Score
80.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
85.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.2%
Review Aggregate
56.0

Critic Consensus

49.7% Fresh • 163 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 50% of 163 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, gritty, suspenseful. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotgrittysuspensefulrealisticstylizedvisually strikingfamily-friendlylightheartedcharacter-drivendark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Mark Wahlberg2012$1,630,000$2,227,000(est)
Kate Beckinsale2012$1,003,000$1,371,000(est)
Ben Foster2012$755,000$1,032,000(est)
Giovanni Ribisi2012$618,000$844,000(est)
Caleb Landry Jones2012$528,000$722,000(est)
J. K. Simmons2012$465,000$635,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score50.0
RT critic review count164
Rotten Tomatoes audience score57.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes128,284

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$66,528,000$90,896,492
International2012$29,734,212$40,625,535
Worldwide2012$96,262,210$131,522,024

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 Revenue2012$45,157,685$61,698,460
Digital Rentals ?2012$4,788,000$6,541,793
Digital Purchases ?2012$2,153,000$2,941,621
Physical Rentals ?2012$7,589,000$10,368,769
Physical Purchases ?2012$18,750,000$25,617,924
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$16,632,000$22,724,123
Total Revenues2012$95,069,685$129,892,690
Expenses
Budget ?2012$25,000,000$34,157,232
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$31,250,000 (est)$42,696,539 (est)
Participations2012$7,606,000$10,391,996
Residuals ?2012$2,999,000$4,097,502
Interest & Overhead2012$4,250,000$5,806,729
Total Expenses2012$71,105,000$97,149,998
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$23,964,685$32,742,692

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