How Do You Know

2010 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

After being cut from the U.S.A. softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.

Scores

Overall Score
66.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
69.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
79.6%
Review Aggregate
34.6

Critic Consensus

30.8% Fresh • 146 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 31% of 146 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotfunnylightheartedpacing issuescharacter-drivenemotionalgrittycoming of agestylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Reese Witherspoon2010$15,000,000 source$21,574,966reported
Owen Wilson2010$8,000,000 source$11,506,648reported
Paul Rudd2010$3,000,000 source$4,314,993reported
Jack Nicholson2010$4,903,000$7,053,000(est)
Kathryn Hahn2010$4,194,000$6,033,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score31.0
RT critic review count148
Rotten Tomatoes audience score25.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.4
IMDb votes56,596

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$30,212,620$43,455,749
International2010$18,456,287$26,546,250
Worldwide2010$48,668,907$70,002,000

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 Revenue2010$22,488,825$32,346,375
Digital Rentals ?2010$4,240,000$6,098,524
Digital Purchases ?2010$1,236,000$1,777,777
Physical Rentals ?2010$9,953,000$14,315,709
Physical Purchases ?2010$22,296,000$32,069,029
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$7,553,155$10,863,937
Total Revenues2010$67,766,980$97,471,351
Expenses
Budget ?2010$120,000,000$172,599,725
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$24,801,000 (est)$35,672,048 (est)
Participations2010$1,355,000$1,948,939
Residuals ?2010$2,961,000$4,258,898
Interest & Overhead2010$14,400,000$20,711,967
Total Expenses2010$163,517,000$235,191,577
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$-95,750,020$-137,720,226

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