Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977 | Drama

Synopsis

Dedicated schoolteacher Theresa Dunn spends her nights cruising bars, looking for males with whom she can engage in progressively dangerous extreme sexual encounters.

Scores

Overall Score
22.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
16.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
5.6%
Review Aggregate
66.7

Critic Consensus

52.0% Fresh • 25 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 52% of 25 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, dark, emotional. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

character-drivendarkemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Diane Keaton1977$285,000$1,475,000(est)
Tuesday Weld1977$175,000$908,000(est)
William Atherton1977$132,000$683,000(est)
Richard Kiley1977$108,000$559,000(est)
Richard Gere1977$92,000$478,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score61.0
RT critic review count31
Rotten Tomatoes audience score73.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes9,388

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1977$22,512,656$116,538,288
International1977N/AN/A
Worldwide1977$22,513,492$116,542,616

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 Revenue1977$11,256,328$58,269,144
Digital Rentals ?1977N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1977N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1977$5,000$25,883
Physical Purchases ?1977$7,000$36,236
TV & Streaming Revenue1977$5,628,164$29,134,572
Total Revenues1977$16,896,492$87,465,835
Expenses
Budget ?1977$9,013,000 (est)$46,656,405 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1977$4,708,000 (est)$24,371,281 (est)
Participations1977$676,000$3,499,360
Residuals ?1977$271,000$1,402,850
Interest & Overhead1977$1,802,600$9,331,281
Total Expenses1977$16,470,600$85,261,176
Movie Net Profit or Loss1977$425,892$2,204,659

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