Life as We Know It

2010 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.

Scores

Overall Score
77.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
82.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
88.4%
Review Aggregate
49.2

Critic Consensus

28.9% Fresh • 152 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 29% of 152 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, romantic, funny. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotromanticfunnylightheartedfamily-friendlytragicpacing issuesemotionalrealisticmacabre

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Katherine Heigl2010$12,000,000 source$17,259,972reported
Josh Duhamel2010$2,250,000$3,237,000(est)
Josh Lucas2010$1,694,000$2,437,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score29.0
RT critic review count152
Rotten Tomatoes audience score61.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes143,118

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$53,374,680$76,770,458
International2010$52,359,736$75,310,632
Worldwide2010$105,734,416$152,081,090

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$47,631,234$68,509,482
Digital Rentals ?2010$4,868,000$7,001,795
Digital Purchases ?2010$1,419,000$2,040,992
Physical Rentals ?2010$11,428,000$16,437,247
Physical Purchases ?2010$25,601,000$36,822,712
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$13,343,670$19,192,614
Total Revenues2010$104,290,904$150,004,842
Expenses
Budget ?2010$38,000,000$54,656,579
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$39,653,000 (est)$57,034,140 (est)
Participations2010$4,172,000$6,000,717
Residuals ?2010$3,626,000$5,215,388
Interest & Overhead2010$6,460,000$9,291,618
Total Expenses2010$91,911,000$132,198,442
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$12,379,904$17,806,400

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