Getting Even with Dad

1994 | Comedy, Crime, Family, Father, Fish out of Water, Male Character

Synopsis

A thief's son cons his father into spending more time with him.

Scores

Overall Score
46.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
40.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
66.6%
Review Aggregate
22.2

Critic Consensus

3.9% Fresh • 26 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 4% of 26 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, stylized, coming of age. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

family-friendlystylizedcoming of agelightheartedromanticfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Macaulay Culkin1994$8,000,000 source$16,933,872reported
Ted Danson1994$4,000,000 source$8,466,936reported
Glenne Headly1994$907,000$1,919,000(est)
Saul Rubinek1994$741,000$1,569,000(est)
Gailard Sartain1994$634,000$1,342,000(est)
Hector Elizondo1994$558,000$1,181,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score3.0
RT critic review count31
Rotten Tomatoes audience score25.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating4.9
IMDb votes9,172

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1994$18,869,594$39,941,912
International1994N/AN/A
Worldwide1994$18,869,594$39,941,912

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 Revenue1994$9,434,797$19,970,956
Digital Rentals ?1994N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1994N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1994$31,337,000$66,332,095
Physical Purchases ?1994$28,925,000$61,226,532
TV & Streaming Revenue1994$4,528,703$9,586,059
Total Revenues1994$74,225,500$157,115,642
Expenses
Budget ?1994$30,000,000$63,502,021
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1994$5,844,000 (est)$12,370,194 (est)
Participations1994$5,938,000$12,569,167
Residuals ?1994$4,668,000$9,880,915
Interest & Overhead1994$5,100,000$10,795,344
Total Expenses1994$51,550,000$109,117,640
Movie Net Profit or Loss1994$22,675,500$47,998,002

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