Synopsis
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
20.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
30.6%
Critic Consensus
97.6% Fresh • 42 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 98% of 42 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize tragic, emotional, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
tragicemotionalvisually strikinglightheartedupliftingcoming of age
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score98.0
RT critic review count42
Rotten Tomatoes audience score83.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes689
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2003 | $188,467 | $321,316 |
| International | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2003 | $188,467 | $321,316 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2003 | $94,234 | $160,658 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2003 | $31,000 | $52,852 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2003 | $6,117,000 | $10,428,820 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2003 | $11,160,000 | $19,026,587 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2003 | $84,810 | $144,592 |
| Total Revenues | 2003 | $17,487,044 | $29,813,509 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2003 | $250,000 (est) | $426,223 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2003 | $150,000 (est) | $255,734 (est) |
| Participations | 2003 | $699,000 | $1,191,719 |
| Residuals ? | 2003 | $1,275,000 | $2,173,736 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2003 | $50,000 | $85,245 |
| Total Expenses | 2003 | $2,424,000 | $4,132,657 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2003 | $15,063,044 | $25,680,852 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $1,291,000, DVD $9,869,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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