Synopsis
An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a teenage girl who loves to blow things up and a boy trying to keep alive his fathers dream of building a beachside resort in the middle of the desert.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
25.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
22.3%
Critic Consensus
33.3% Fresh • 6 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely negative, with 33% of 6 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, character-driven. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.
romanticthin plotcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score37.0
RT critic review count19
Rotten Tomatoes audience score47.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes2,631
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1999 | $100,590 | $189,406 |
| International | 1999 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1999 | $100,590 | $189,406 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1999 | $50,295 | $94,703 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1999 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1999 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1999 | $3,855,000 | $7,258,785 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1999 | $4,982,000 | $9,380,873 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1999 | $50,295 | $94,703 |
| Total Revenues | 1999 | $8,937,590 | $16,829,064 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1999 | $250,000 (est) | $470,738 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1999 | $80,000 (est) | $150,636 (est) |
| Participations | 1999 | $358,000 | $674,097 |
| Residuals ? | 1999 | $647,000 | $1,218,271 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1999 | $50,000 | $94,148 |
| Total Expenses | 1999 | $1,385,000 | $2,607,890 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1999 | $7,552,590 | $14,221,174 |
Similar Movies
| Poster | Movie | Year | Match | Overall | Est. Profit |
|---|
 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Shared genres: 1 | 98.6 | $250,967,539 |
 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Shared genres: 1 | 98.6 | $353,999,551 |
 | Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | Shared genres: 1 | 98.4 | $468,504,264 |
 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | Shared genres: 1 | 98.2 | $290,786,010 |
 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | Shared genres: 1 | 98.2 | $170,641,774 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $4,007,000, DVD $975,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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