Hard Candy

2006 | Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.

Scores

Overall Score
74.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
83.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
65.1%
Review Aggregate
71.2

Critic Consensus

66.9% Fresh • 145 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 67% of 145 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, thought-provoking, suspenseful. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotthought-provokingsuspensefulcharacter-drivenpsychologicalvisually strikingcoming of agedarkscaryfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Patrick Wilson2006$62,000$96,000(est)
Elliot Page2006$38,000$59,000(est)
Sandra Oh2006$29,000$45,000(est)
Jennifer Holmes2006$23,000$36,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score67.0
RT critic review count147
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes172,883

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$1,024,640$1,594,393
International2006$5,997,569$9,332,526
Worldwide2006$7,022,209$10,926,919

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 Revenue2006$2,911,348$4,530,207
Digital Rentals ?2006$311,000$483,932
Digital Purchases ?2006$96,000$149,381
Physical Rentals ?2006$9,844,000$15,317,771
Physical Purchases ?2006$23,220,000$36,131,516
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$409,856$637,757
Total Revenues2006$36,792,204$57,250,564
Expenses
Budget ?2006$950,000$1,478,249
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$855,000 (est)$1,330,424 (est)
Participations2006$2,943,000$4,579,460
Residuals ?2006$2,474,000$3,849,671
Interest & Overhead2006$190,000$295,650
Total Expenses2006$7,412,000$11,533,454
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$29,380,204$45,717,111

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