Love the Hard Way

2003 | Crime, Drama, Romance, Neo-Noir

Synopsis

The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.

Scores

Overall Score
35.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
36.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
25.1%
Review Aggregate
50.0

Critic Consensus

26.8% Fresh • 41 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 27% of 41 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, dark, uneven tone. Many reviews cite uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticdarkuneven tonerealisticcharacter-drivenemotionallightheartedtragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Adrien Brody2003$2,000$4,000(est)
Charlotte Ayanna2003$1,000$3,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count43
Rotten Tomatoes audience score66.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes2,626

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$44,391$75,682
International2003$66,959$114,158
Worldwide2003$111,350$189,840

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 Revenue2003$48,979$83,504
Digital Rentals ?2003$15,000$25,573
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$2,976,000$5,073,756
Physical Purchases ?2003$5,430,000$9,257,559
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$75,000$127,867
Total Revenues2003$8,544,979$14,568,260
Expenses
Budget ?2003$250,000 (est)$426,223 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$89,000 (est)$151,735 (est)
Participations2003$342,000$583,073
Residuals ?2003$617,000$1,051,918
Interest & Overhead2003$50,000$85,245
Total Expenses2003$1,348,000$2,298,193
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$7,196,979$12,270,067

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