Death of a President

2006 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Mockumentary, Spoof

Synopsis

Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.

Scores

Overall Score
48.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
47.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
47.8%
Review Aggregate
52.0

Critic Consensus

40.0% Fresh • 100 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 40% of 100 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, political, thought-provoking. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotpoliticalthought-provokingvisually strikingemotionalsuspensefulsatiricalrealisticscarygritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Hend Ayoub2006$154,000$240,000(est)
Brian Boland2006$95,000$147,000(est)
Becky Ann Baker2006$71,000$111,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score40.0
RT critic review count101
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes7,070

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$519,086$807,725
International2006$350,266$545,032
Worldwide2006$869,352$1,352,756

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 Revenue2006$399,649$621,875
Digital Rentals ?2006$247,000$384,345
Digital Purchases ?2006$76,000$118,260
Physical Rentals ?2006$7,814,000$12,158,987
Physical Purchases ?2006$18,432,000$28,681,142
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$218,016$339,244
Total Revenues2006$27,186,666$42,303,852
Expenses
Budget ?2006$2,000,000$3,112,103
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$695,000 (est)$1,081,456 (est)
Participations2006$1,087,000$1,691,428
Residuals ?2006$1,957,000$3,045,193
Interest & Overhead2006$400,000$622,421
Total Expenses2006$6,139,000$9,552,600
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$21,047,666$32,751,252

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