How to Deal

2003 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Girl Power, Teenager

Synopsis

A teenage girl learns to cope with her parents' divorce, her sister's wedding, her best friend's pregnancy, and the attentions of her first serious boyfriend.

Scores

Overall Score
62.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
64.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
70.4%
Review Aggregate
47.2

Critic Consensus

27.8% Fresh • 90 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 28% of 90 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, thin plot, romantic. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

coming of agethin plotromanticlightheartedcharacter-drivenrealisticemotionaltragicfunnypacing issues

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Mandy Moore2003$1,043,000$1,779,000(est)
Allison Janney2003$642,000$1,095,000(est)
Trent Ford2003$483,000$824,000(est)
Alexandra Holden2003$395,000$674,000(est)
Dylan Baker2003$338,000$576,000(est)
Peter Gallagher2003$298,000$507,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score27.0
RT critic review count97
Rotten Tomatoes audience score64.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.6
IMDb votes10,106

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$14,195,227$24,201,318
International2003$195,102$332,628
Worldwide2003$14,390,329$24,533,946

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 Revenue2003$7,175,654$12,233,710
Digital Rentals ?2003$80,000$136,391
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$15,779,000$26,901,479
Physical Purchases ?2003$28,788,000$49,080,409
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$3,406,854$5,808,316
Total Revenues2003$55,229,509$94,160,306
Expenses
Budget ?2003$16,000,000$27,278,260
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$8,161,000 (est)$13,913,617 (est)
Participations2003$2,209,000$3,766,105
Residuals ?2003$3,456,000$5,892,104
Interest & Overhead2003$3,200,000$5,455,652
Total Expenses2003$33,026,000$56,305,738
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$22,203,509$37,854,568

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