Life or Something Like It

2002 | Comedy, Romance, Media Industry, News Industry, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

A seer tells a reporter she has but one week to live.

Scores

Overall Score
62.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
67.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
68.5%
Review Aggregate
41.1

Critic Consensus

28.6% Fresh • 105 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 29% of 105 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, romantic, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotromanticfunnylightheartedemotionalcoming of agefamily-friendlysurrealsuspensefulthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Angelina Jolie2002$3,906,000$6,811,000(est)
Edward Burns2002$2,404,000$4,192,000(est)
Tony Shalhoub2002$1,810,000$3,156,000(est)
Stockard Channing2002$1,480,000$2,581,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count120
Rotten Tomatoes audience score44.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.8
IMDb votes33,763

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2002$14,448,589$25,194,677
International2002$2,424,082$4,226,985
Worldwide2002$16,872,671$29,421,661

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$8,193,927$14,288,132
Digital Rentals ?2002$14,000$24,412
Digital Purchases ?2002N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2002$15,966,000$27,840,657
Physical Purchases ?2002$29,771,000$51,913,078
TV & Streaming Revenue2002$3,467,661$6,046,722
Total Revenues2002$57,412,589$100,113,002
Expenses
Budget ?2002$40,000,000$69,749,861
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2002$9,946,000 (est)$17,343,303 (est)
Participations2002$1,148,000$2,001,821
Residuals ?2002$3,543,000$6,178,094
Interest & Overhead2002$6,800,000$11,857,476
Total Expenses2002$61,437,000$107,130,555
Movie Net Profit or Loss2002$-4,024,411$-7,017,553

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