I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

2002 | Documentary, Music

Synopsis

First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

Scores

Overall Score
44.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
31.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
37.9%
Review Aggregate
86.0

Critic Consensus

90.4% Fresh • 52 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 90% of 52 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, character-driven, dark. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

thin plotcharacter-drivendarkvisually strikingrealisticsuspensefulfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jeff Tweedy2002$5,000$8,000(est)
John Stirratt2002$3,000$5,000(est)
Leroy Bach2002$2,000$4,000(est)
Glenn Kotche2002$2,000$3,000(est)
Jay Bennett2002$2,000$3,000(est)
Tony Margherita2002$1,000$2,000(est)
Jonathan "JP" Parker2002$1,000$2,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score90.0
RT critic review count58
Rotten Tomatoes audience score90.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes2,261

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2002$445,522$776,877
International2002N/AN/A
Worldwide2002$445,522$776,877

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 Revenue2002$222,761$388,439
Digital Rentals ?2002$7,000$12,206
Digital Purchases ?2002N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2002$7,518,000$13,109,486
Physical Purchases ?2002$14,018,000$24,443,839
TV & Streaming Revenue2002$187,119$326,289
Total Revenues2002$21,952,880$38,280,259
Expenses
Budget ?2002$422,000 (est)$735,861 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2002$312,000 (est)$544,049 (est)
Participations2002$878,000$1,531,009
Residuals ?2002$1,594,000$2,779,532
Interest & Overhead2002$84,400$147,172
Total Expenses2002$3,290,400$5,737,624
Movie Net Profit or Loss2002$18,662,480$32,542,635

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