Dopamine

2003 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

A San Franciscan computer programmer falls in love with a schoolteacher in the days after the dot.com boom.

Scores

Overall Score
29.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
24.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
20.8%
Review Aggregate
53.3

Critic Consensus

51.1% Fresh • 47 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 51% of 47 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, funny. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticthin plotfunnycharacter-drivenvisually strikingemotionalstylizedlightheartedthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
John Livingston2003$2,000$3,000(est)
Sabrina Lloyd2003$1,000$2,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score50.0
RT critic review count50
Rotten Tomatoes audience score53.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating5.9
IMDb votes1,181

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$69,544$118,565
International2003N/AN/A
Worldwide2003$69,544$118,565

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 Revenue2003$34,772$59,282
Digital Rentals ?2003$19,000$32,393
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$3,736,000$6,369,474
Physical Purchases ?2003$6,817,000$11,622,244
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$34,772$59,282
Total Revenues2003$10,641,544$18,142,676
Expenses
Budget ?2003$250,000 (est)$426,223 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$80,000 (est)$136,391 (est)
Participations2003$426,000$726,284
Residuals ?2003$775,000$1,321,291
Interest & Overhead2003$50,000$85,245
Total Expenses2003$1,581,000$2,695,433
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$9,060,544$15,447,243

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