Synopsis
November, 1999, Margaret Cho is home in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater. Cho structures her monologue loosely on her professional life's trajectory: doing stand-up, cast in an ABC-TV sitcom, losing 30 pounds in two weeks for the part, the show's cancellation, a descent into booze, pills, and self-loathing, and a resurrection into her own voice, her own shape, and being the one she wants. Along the way we visit Karl Langerfeld in jail, a lesbian cruise ship, a TV Guide photo shoot, a hospital, bars, and her family's Polk Street bookshop. Takes on being a fag hag, speeding up felatio, casual daily racism, and her mother's phone messages highlight a scabrous, brilliant performance.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
9.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
44.7%
Critic Consensus
50.0% Fresh • 8 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 50% of 8 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, character-driven, emotional. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
funnycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| Margaret Cho | 2000 | $43,000 | $78,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score61.0
RT critic review count23
Rotten Tomatoes audience score70.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating3.4
IMDb votes862
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2000 | $1,210,967 | $2,206,042 |
| International | 2000 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2000 | $1,210,967 | $2,206,042 |
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 | 2000 | $605,484 | $1,103,021 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2000 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2000 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2000 | $9,386,000 | $17,098,654 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2000 | $12,518,000 | $22,804,278 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2000 | $484,387 | $882,417 |
| Total Revenues | 2000 | $22,993,870 | $41,888,369 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2000 | $323,000 (est) | $588,415 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2000 | $431,000 (est) | $785,161 (est) |
| Participations | 2000 | $920,000 | $1,675,981 |
| Residuals ? | 2000 | $1,635,000 | $2,978,510 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2000 | $64,600 | $117,683 |
| Total Expenses | 2000 | $3,373,600 | $6,145,751 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2000 | $19,620,270 | $35,742,618 |
Similar Movies
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|---|
 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | 1987 | Shared genres: 7 | 79.8 | $58,022,491 |
 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | 2013 | Shared genres: 7 | 72.0 | $38,580,638 |
 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | 2016 | Shared genres: 7 | 69.3 | $17,843,372 |
 | The Original Kings of Comedy | 2000 | Shared genres: 7 | 65.1 | $49,858,092 |
 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | 1982 | Shared genres: 7 | 62.8 | $22,331,190 |
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 $7,572,000, DVD $4,946,000, 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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