Moonlight

2006 | Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A bored teen piano prodigy has her life turned upside down one day when she learns her parents are divorcing. After a horrible accident that drives her to run away, Claire befriends a young refugee from war torn Afghanistan. As the two of them dream of being renegade outlaws, his hidden truth starts to come out as Claire discovers he is a drug courier and the mobsters he ripped off want their drugs back leading the two on a harrowing journey.

Scores

Overall Score
50.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
52.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
25.6%
Review Aggregate
89.1

Critic Consensus

98.3% Fresh • 403 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 98% of 403 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, visually striking, emotional. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

character-drivenvisually strikingemotionalcoming of agerealisticlightheartedupliftingstylizeddarktragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Trevante Rhodes2006$193,000$300,000(est)
André Holland2006$119,000$184,000(est)
Janelle Monáe2006$89,000$139,000(est)
Ashton Sanders2006$73,000$114,000(est)
Jharrel Jerome2006$62,000$97,000(est)
Naomie Harris2006$55,000$85,000(est)
Mahershala Ali2006$49,000$77,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score98.0
RT critic review count403
Rotten Tomatoes audience score79.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb ratingN/A
IMDb votesN/A

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$51,570$80,246
International2006N/AN/A
Worldwide2006$51,570$80,246

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 Revenue2006$25,785$40,123
Digital Rentals ?2006$118,000$183,614
Digital Purchases ?2006$36,000$56,018
Physical Rentals ?2006$3,727,000$5,799,404
Physical Purchases ?2006$8,792,000$13,680,805
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$1,200,000$1,867,262
Total Revenues2006$13,898,785$21,627,226
Expenses
Budget ?2006$4,000,000$6,224,206
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$80,000 (est)$124,484 (est)
Participations2006$556,000$865,165
Residuals ?2006$981,000$1,526,487
Interest & Overhead2006$800,000$1,244,841
Total Expenses2006$6,417,000$9,985,183
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$7,481,785$11,642,043

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