Donnie Darko

2001 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Synopsis

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Scores

Overall Score
77.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
98.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
46.2%
Review Aggregate
83.2

Critic Consensus

87.7% Fresh • 122 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 122 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize dark, coming of age, funny. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

darkcoming of agefunnyvisually strikingemotionalsatiricalthought-provokingstylizedtragicsurreal

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jake Gyllenhaal2001$500,000 source$885,658reported
Jena Malone2001$178,000$315,000(est)
Drew Barrymore2001$500,000 source$885,658reported
Mary McDonnell2001$109,000$194,000(est)
Katharine Ross2001$94,000$166,000(est)
Patrick Swayze2001$82,000$146,000(est)
Noah Wyle2001$74,000$131,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count124
Rotten Tomatoes audience score80.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating8.0
IMDb votes892,163

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2001$517,375$916,434
International2001$2,514,148$4,453,350
Worldwide2001$3,037,853$5,380,996

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 Revenue2001$1,264,347$2,239,557
Digital Rentals ?2001N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2001N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2001$8,853,000$15,681,457
Physical Purchases ?2001$13,227,000$23,429,192
TV & Streaming Revenue2001$217,298$384,902
Total Revenues2001$23,561,644$41,735,109
Expenses
Budget ?2001$6,000,000$10,627,894
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2001$2,315,000 (est)$4,100,596 (est)
Participations2001$942,000$1,668,579
Residuals ?2001$1,635,000$2,896,101
Interest & Overhead2001$1,200,000$2,125,579
Total Expenses2001$12,092,000$21,418,749
Movie Net Profit or Loss2001$11,469,644$20,316,360

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