Love and Other Catastrophes

1997 | Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy, University

Synopsis

A day in the life of two film-school students trying to find love and another house-mate.

Scores

Overall Score
25.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
13.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
21.2%
Review Aggregate
60.8

Critic Consensus

75.0% Fresh • 4 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 75% of 4 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, visually striking, funny. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

character-drivenvisually strikingfunnyromanticemotionalthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Frances O'Connor1997$14,000$28,000(est)
Alice Garner1997$9,000$17,000(est)
Matthew Dyktynski1997$7,000$13,000(est)
Matt Day1997$5,000$11,000(est)
Radha Mitchell1997$5,000$9,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score50.0
RT critic review count16
Rotten Tomatoes audience score71.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes2,182

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1997$294,212$575,042
International1997N/AN/A
Worldwide1997$294,657$575,912

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 Revenue1997$147,106$287,521
Digital Rentals ?1997N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1997N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1997$4,435,000$8,668,283
Physical Purchases ?1997$5,925,000$11,580,514
TV & Streaming Revenue1997$123,569$241,518
Total Revenues1997$10,630,675$20,777,837
Expenses
Budget ?1997$250,000$488,629
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1997$225,000 (est)$439,766 (est)
Participations1997$425,000$830,670
Residuals ?1997$764,000$1,493,251
Interest & Overhead1997$50,000$97,726
Total Expenses1997$1,714,000$3,350,042
Movie Net Profit or Loss1997$8,916,675$17,427,794

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