Laws of Attraction

2004 | Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

Scores

Overall Score
66.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
69.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
78.2%
Review Aggregate
38.4

Critic Consensus

18.5% Fresh • 135 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 19% of 135 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 plotfunnylightheartedstylizedcoming of agecharacter-drivenemotionalpacing issues

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Pierce Brosnan2004$2,604,000$4,324,000(est)
Julianne Moore2004$1,603,000$2,662,000(est)
Michael Sheen2004$1,207,000$2,004,000(est)
Parker Posey2004$987,000$1,638,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score18.0
RT critic review count146
Rotten Tomatoes audience score47.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.9
IMDb votes25,499

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$17,871,255$29,678,204
International2004$12,160,619$20,194,739
Worldwide2004$30,031,874$49,872,943

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 Revenue2004$13,799,875$22,916,997
Digital Rentals ?2004$151,000$250,761
Digital Purchases ?2004$4,000$6,643
Physical Rentals ?2004$15,957,000$26,499,264
Physical Purchases ?2004$33,388,000$55,446,350
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$4,289,101$7,122,769
Total Revenues2004$67,588,976$112,242,784
Expenses
Budget ?2004$32,000,000$53,141,345
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$12,153,000 (est)$20,182,086 (est)
Participations2004$2,704,000$4,490,444
Residuals ?2004$3,856,000$6,403,532
Interest & Overhead2004$5,440,000$9,034,029
Total Expenses2004$56,153,000$93,251,435
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$11,435,976$18,991,349

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