Dead Silence

2007 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his haunted hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree

Scores

Overall Score
70.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
77.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
76.4%
Review Aggregate
41.5

Critic Consensus

18.8% Fresh • 80 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 19% of 80 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, scary, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotscaryfunnysuspensefulvisually strikingstylizedlightheartedcharacter-drivenmacabredark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ryan Kwanten2007$1,627,000$2,463,000(est)
Amber Valletta2007$1,002,000$1,516,000(est)
Donnie Wahlberg2007$754,000$1,141,000(est)
Bob Gunton2007$617,000$933,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score21.0
RT critic review count84
Rotten Tomatoes audience score51.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes106,630

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$16,809,076$25,436,600
International2007$5,572,971$8,433,386
Worldwide2007$22,382,047$33,869,986

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$10,633,726$16,091,654
Digital Rentals ?2007$764,000$1,156,135
Digital Purchases ?2007$284,000$429,767
Physical Rentals ?2007$13,151,000$19,900,959
Physical Purchases ?2007$29,550,000$44,717,004
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$4,034,178$6,104,784
Total Revenues2007$58,416,905$88,400,304
Expenses
Budget ?2007$20,000,000$30,265,316
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$11,469,000 (est)$17,355,645 (est)
Participations2007$2,337,000$3,536,502
Residuals ?2007$3,385,000$5,122,405
Interest & Overhead2007$4,000,000$6,053,063
Total Expenses2007$41,191,000$62,332,932
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$17,225,905$26,067,372

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