Love & Basketball

2000 | Drama, Romance, Sport, Basketball, Sports, Team Sport

Synopsis

Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.

Scores

Overall Score
77.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
79.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
70.4%
Review Aggregate
85.7

Critic Consensus

86.5% Fresh • 111 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 86% of 111 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, emotional, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

romanticemotionalcharacter-drivenfunnylightheartedvisually strikinggrittycoming of agestylizedrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Omar Epps2000$1,627,000$2,965,000(est)
Sanaa Lathan2000$1,002,000$1,825,000(est)
Alfre Woodard2000$754,000$1,374,000(est)
Dennis Haysbert2000$617,000$1,123,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score86.0
RT critic review count114
Rotten Tomatoes audience score95.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating7.2
IMDb votes25,882

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2000$27,459,615$50,023,700
International2000$268,503$489,137
Worldwide2000$27,728,118$50,512,837

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 Revenue2000$13,837,209$25,207,505
Digital Rentals ?2000N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2000N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2000$22,564,000$41,105,266
Physical Purchases ?2000$30,094,000$54,822,810
TV & Streaming Revenue2000$6,864,904$12,505,925
Total Revenues2000$73,360,112$133,641,506
Expenses
Budget ?2000$20,000,000$36,434,379
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2000$10,166,000 (est)$18,519,595 (est)
Participations2000$5,869,000$10,691,668
Residuals ?2000$4,217,000$7,682,189
Interest & Overhead2000$4,000,000$7,286,876
Total Expenses2000$44,252,000$80,614,706
Movie Net Profit or Loss2000$29,108,112$53,026,800

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