Dear Evan Hansen

2021 | Drama, Musical

Synopsis

Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with social anxiety disorder, and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance after a classmate's suicide.

Scores

Overall Score
70.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
69.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
78.7%
Review Aggregate
57.2

Critic Consensus

28.5% Fresh • 281 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 28% of 281 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, coming of age, emotional. Many reviews cite thin plot, uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotcoming of ageemotionalcharacter-drivenstylizeddarkuneven tonefamily-friendlylightheartedvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ben Platt2021$1,574,000$1,823,000(est)
Kaitlyn Dever2021$969,000$1,122,000(est)
Amandla Stenberg2021$730,000$845,000(est)
Nik Dodani2021$597,000$691,000(est)
Colton Ryan2021$510,000$591,000(est)
Danny Pino2021$449,000$520,000(est)
Julianne Moore2021$403,000$467,000(est)
Amy Adams2021$367,000$425,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count281
Rotten Tomatoes audience score88.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes20,455

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2021$15,002,646$17,366,531
International2021$4,130,808$4,781,677
Worldwide2021$19,133,454$22,148,208

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 Revenue2021$9,153,646$10,595,936
Digital Rentals ?2021$7,467,000$8,643,534
Digital Purchases ?2021$8,407,000$9,731,645
Physical Rentals ?2021$1,899,000$2,198,215
Physical Purchases ?2021$6,076,000$7,033,362
TV & Streaming Revenue2021$3,600,635$4,167,967
Total Revenues2021$36,603,281$42,370,661
Expenses
Budget ?2021$28,000,000$32,411,807
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2021$5,901,000 (est)$6,830,788 (est)
Participations2021$732,000$847,337
Residuals ?2021$1,233,000$1,427,277
Interest & Overhead2021$4,760,000$5,510,007
Total Expenses2021$40,626,000$47,027,217
Movie Net Profit or Loss2021$-4,022,719$-4,656,557

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