Elizabethtown

2005 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Twentysomething Character

Synopsis

During a hometown memorial for his Kentucky-born father, a young man begins an unexpected romance with a too-good-to-be-true stewardess.

Scores

Overall Score
79.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
89.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
82.9%
Review Aggregate
49.6

Critic Consensus

27.4% Fresh • 168 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 27% of 168 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, romantic, funny. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotromanticfunnyemotionallightheartedfamily-friendlyupliftingsatiricalpacing issuesrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Orlando Bloom2005$3,000,000 source$4,818,740reported
Kirsten Dunst2005$8,000,000 source$12,849,974reported
Susan Sarandon2005$1,506,000$2,419,000(est)
Alec Baldwin2005$1,231,000$1,978,000(est)
Bruce McGill2005$1,053,000$1,692,000(est)
Judy Greer2005$927,000$1,489,000(est)
Jessica Biel2005$832,000$1,337,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score27.0
RT critic review count175
Rotten Tomatoes audience score66.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes74,458

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2005$26,850,426$43,128,409
International2005$25,313,590$40,659,871
Worldwide2005$52,164,016$83,788,280

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 Revenue2005$23,550,649$37,828,153
Digital Rentals ?2005$293,000$470,630
Digital Purchases ?2005$45,000$72,281
Physical Rentals ?2005$16,311,000$26,199,490
Physical Purchases ?2005$39,158,000$62,897,409
TV & Streaming Revenue2005$6,712,606$10,782,102
Total Revenues2005$86,070,256$138,250,066
Expenses
Budget ?2005$45,000,000$72,281,103
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2005$35,753,000 (est)$57,428,139 (est)
Participations2005$1,721,000$2,764,351
Residuals ?2005$4,433,000$7,120,492
Interest & Overhead2005$7,650,000$12,287,787
Total Expenses2005$94,557,000$151,881,872
Movie Net Profit or Loss2005$-8,486,744$-13,631,806

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