Monsters

2010 | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Synopsis

Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

Scores

Overall Score
67.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
59.3%
Review Aggregate
64.3

Critic Consensus

74.4% Fresh • 156 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 74% of 156 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, character-driven. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticthin plotcharacter-drivenvisually strikingstylizedgrittypoliticalrealisticmacabrethought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Scoot McNairy2010$50,000$71,000(est)
Whitney Able2010$30,000$44,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score75.0
RT critic review count159
Rotten Tomatoes audience score53.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes100,731

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$237,301$341,317
International2010$4,823,137$6,937,268
Worldwide2010$5,060,438$7,278,585

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 Revenue2010$2,047,905$2,945,566
Digital Rentals ?2010$2,264,000$3,256,381
Digital Purchases ?2010$660,000$949,298
Physical Rentals ?2010$5,314,000$7,643,291
Physical Purchases ?2010$11,904,000$17,121,893
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$106,785$153,593
Total Revenues2010$22,296,691$32,070,022
Expenses
Budget ?2010$500,000$719,166
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$450,000 (est)$647,249 (est)
Participations2010$892,000$1,282,991
Residuals ?2010$1,388,000$1,996,403
Interest & Overhead2010$100,000$143,833
Total Expenses2010$3,330,000$4,789,642
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$18,966,691$27,280,380

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