In Dreams

1999 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Synopsis

A suburban housewife learns that she has a dreamworld connection to a serial murderer, and must stop him from killing again.

Scores

Overall Score
54.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
51.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
68.2%
Review Aggregate
37.8

Critic Consensus

30.6% Fresh • 36 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 31% of 36 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, suspenseful, psychological. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

visually strikingsuspensefulpsychologicalstylizedscarythin plot

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Annette Bening1999$2,157,000$4,061,000(est)
Aidan Quinn1999$1,328,000$2,500,000(est)
Stephen Rea1999$1,000,000$1,882,000(est)
Robert Downey Jr.1999$817,000$1,539,000(est)
Paul Guilfoyle1999$699,000$1,316,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score25.0
RT critic review count51
Rotten Tomatoes audience score40.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating5.5
IMDb votes14,052

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1999$12,017,369$22,628,144
International1999N/AN/A
Worldwide1999$12,017,369$22,628,144

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 Revenue1999$6,008,684$11,314,072
Digital Rentals ?1999N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1999N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1999$17,345,000$32,659,824
Physical Purchases ?1999$22,419,000$42,213,929
TV & Streaming Revenue1999$2,884,169$5,430,755
Total Revenues1999$48,656,853$91,618,580
Expenses
Budget ?1999$30,000,000$56,488,597
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1999$6,778,000 (est)$12,762,657 (est)
Participations1999$1,946,000$3,664,227
Residuals ?1999$3,072,000$5,784,432
Interest & Overhead1999$5,100,000$9,603,062
Total Expenses1999$46,896,000$88,302,976
Movie Net Profit or Loss1999$1,760,853$3,315,604

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