For Love or Money

1993 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Con Artist, Criminal, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Doug, a concierge at a luxury Manhattan hotel, saves all his tips toward his plan for a hotel. A potential investor seduces the girl Doug loves with false promises of leaving his wife. Doug's dilemma: hotel project or girl?

Scores

Overall Score
51.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
48.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
57.1%
Review Aggregate
46.4

Critic Consensus

80.0% Fresh • 5 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 80% of 5 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, lighthearted, funny. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

romanticlightheartedfunnycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Michael J. Fox1993$2,157,000$4,682,000(est)
Gabrielle Anwar1993$1,328,000$2,882,000(est)
Anthony Higgins1993$1,000,000$2,170,000(est)
Bob Balaban1993$817,000$1,774,000(est)
Michael Tucker1993$699,000$1,518,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score37.0
RT critic review count19
Rotten Tomatoes audience score46.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes16,243

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1993$11,146,270$24,197,819
International1993N/AN/A
Worldwide1993$11,146,270$24,197,819

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 Revenue1993$5,573,135$12,098,910
Digital Rentals ?1993N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1993N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1993$24,680,000$53,578,657
Physical Purchases ?1993$19,831,000$43,051,797
TV & Streaming Revenue1993$2,675,105$5,807,477
Total Revenues1993$52,759,240$114,536,841
Expenses
Budget ?1993$30,000,000$65,128,028
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1993$4,796,000 (est)$10,411,801 (est)
Participations1993$2,110,000$4,580,671
Residuals ?1993$3,413,000$7,409,399
Interest & Overhead1993$5,100,000$11,071,765
Total Expenses1993$45,419,000$98,601,663
Movie Net Profit or Loss1993$7,340,240$15,935,178

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