Must Love Dogs

2005 | Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Sarah Nolan, a preschool teacher, is forced into finding a man after her sister Carol makes her a profile on a matchmaking website. Her life is changed when she meets Jake, a recent divorcee.

Scores

Overall Score
73.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
76.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
84.4%
Review Aggregate
47.0

Critic Consensus

36.9% Fresh • 141 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 37% of 141 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotfunnylightheartedrealisticgrittycoming of ageupliftingcharacter-drivensuspenseful

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Diane Lane2005$6,000,000 source$9,637,481reported
John Cusack2005$1,204,000$1,934,000(est)
Dermot Mulroney2005$907,000$1,456,000(est)
Elizabeth Perkins2005$741,000$1,191,000(est)
Stockard Channing2005$634,000$1,018,000(est)
Christopher Plummer2005$558,000$896,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score37.0
RT critic review count149
Rotten Tomatoes audience score50.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating5.9
IMDb votes33,874

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2005$43,894,863$70,505,983
International2005$14,336,657$23,028,209
Worldwide2005$58,231,520$93,534,193

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$27,682,094$44,464,275
Digital Rentals ?2005$305,000$489,905
Digital Purchases ?2005$47,000$75,494
Physical Rentals ?2005$16,984,000$27,280,496
Physical Purchases ?2005$40,773,000$65,491,501
TV & Streaming Revenue2005$10,973,716$17,626,496
Total Revenues2005$96,764,810$155,428,166
Expenses
Budget ?2005$30,000,000$48,187,404
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2005$21,574,000 (est)$34,653,168 (est)
Participations2005$7,741,000$12,433,956
Residuals ?2005$4,807,000$7,721,228
Interest & Overhead2005$5,100,000$8,191,859
Total Expenses2005$69,222,000$111,187,616
Movie Net Profit or Loss2005$27,542,810$44,240,551

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