Dear John

2010 | Drama, Romance, War

Synopsis

A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.

Scores

Overall Score
82.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
93.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.2%
Review Aggregate
46.2

Critic Consensus

28.1% Fresh • 135 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 28% of 135 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, emotional. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotemotionallightheartedcoming of agetragicfunnyscarypacing issuesfamily-friendly

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Channing Tatum2010$1,797,000$2,585,000(est)
Amanda Seyfried2010$1,106,000$1,591,000(est)
Henry Thomas2010$833,000$1,198,000(est)
Scott Porter2010$681,000$980,000(est)
Richard Jenkins2010$583,000$838,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count136
Rotten Tomatoes audience score55.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes161,921

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$80,014,840$115,087,828
International2010$34,969,824$50,298,183
Worldwide2010$114,991,720$165,396,160

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 Revenue2010$53,995,350$77,663,187
Digital Rentals ?2010$5,319,000$7,650,483
Digital Purchases ?2010$1,551,000$2,230,851
Physical Rentals ?2010$12,487,000$17,960,440
Physical Purchases ?2010$27,971,000$40,231,557
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$20,003,710$28,771,957
Total Revenues2010$121,327,060$174,508,476
Expenses
Budget ?2010$25,000,000$35,958,276
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$31,250,000 (est)$44,947,845 (est)
Participations2010$9,706,000$13,960,441
Residuals ?2010$4,223,000$6,074,072
Interest & Overhead2010$4,250,000$6,112,907
Total Expenses2010$74,429,000$107,053,541
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$46,898,060$67,454,935

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