Monster-in-Law

2005 | Comedy, Romance, Female Character, Mother

Synopsis

Charlotte's love life is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates--until she meets the perfect man, Kevin. Unfortunately, his merciless mother will do anything to destroy their relationship.

Scores

Overall Score
81.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
88.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
94.5%
Review Aggregate
40.9

Critic Consensus

18.1% Fresh • 160 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 18% of 160 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, thin plot, romantic. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

funnythin plotromanticstylizedemotionalcoming of agelightheartedfamily-friendlyvisually strikingsatirical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jennifer Lopez2005$15,000,000 source$24,093,702reported
Jane Fonda2005$2,071,000$3,327,000(est)
Michael Vartan2005$1,559,000$2,505,000(est)
Wanda Sykes2005$1,275,000$2,048,000(est)
Monet Mazur2005$1,091,000$1,752,000(est)
Elaine Stritch2005$960,000$1,542,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score19.0
RT critic review count167
Rotten Tomatoes audience score55.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating5.6
IMDb votes67,923

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2005$82,931,301$133,208,137
International2005$72,526,026$116,494,697
Worldwide2005$155,457,327$249,702,834

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 Revenue2005$70,476,061$113,201,947
Digital Rentals ?2005$354,000$568,611
Digital Purchases ?2005$55,000$88,344
Physical Rentals ?2005$19,751,000$31,724,981
Physical Purchases ?2005$47,417,000$76,163,405
TV & Streaming Revenue2005$20,732,825$33,302,034
Total Revenues2005$158,785,886$255,049,321
Expenses
Budget ?2005$43,000,000$69,068,612
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2005$27,821,000 (est)$44,687,392 (est)
Participations2005$12,703,000$20,404,153
Residuals ?2005$5,974,000$9,595,718
Interest & Overhead2005$7,310,000$11,741,664
Total Expenses2005$96,808,000$155,497,540
Movie Net Profit or Loss2005$61,977,886$99,551,781

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