Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

A young woman in rural 1950s England becomes involved in a scandalous love triangle that will inevitably leave someone behind to suffer the consequences.

Scores

Overall Score

18.7

Popularity Percentile (Year)

12.0%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

9.1%

Review Aggregate

50.4

Critic Consensus

37.5% Fresh • 8 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 38% of 8 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, romantic, psychological. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Samantha Morton	1999	$0	$0	(est)
Lee Ross	1999	$0	$0	(est)
Rupert Graves	1999	$0	$0	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score36.0

RT critic review count14

Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0

RT audience rating count100

IMDb rating6.3

IMDb votes997

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	1999	$12,044	$22,678
International	1999	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	1999	$12,044	$22,678

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	$6,022	$11,339
Digital Rentals ?	1999	N/A	N/A
Digital Purchases ?	1999	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	1999	$1,156,000	$2,176,694
Physical Purchases ?	1999	$1,494,000	$2,813,132
TV & Streaming Revenue	1999	$75,000	$141,221
Total Revenues	1999	$2,731,022	$5,142,387
Expenses
Budget ?	1999	$250,000 (est)	$470,738 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	1999	$80,000 (est)	$150,636 (est)
Participations	1999	$109,000	$205,242
Residuals ?	1999	$191,000	$359,644
Interest & Overhead	1999	$50,000	$94,148
Total Expenses	1999	$680,000	$1,280,408
Movie Net Profit or Loss	1999	$2,051,022	$3,861,978

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