Synopsis
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
Scores
Overall Score
65.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
72.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
53.0%
Review Aggregate
70.8
Critic Consensus
Critic reception is largely positive, with 85% of 103 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, coming of age, tragic. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
thin plotcoming of agetragicscaryemotionalhistoricalmacabredarkvisually strikingpsychological
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Lynch | 2017 | $16,000 | $21,000 | (est) |
| Anne Heche | 2017 | $10,000 | $13,000 | (est) |
| Alex Wolff | 2017 | $8,000 | $10,000 | (est) |
| Dallas Roberts | 2017 | $6,000 | $8,000 | (est) |
| Tommy Nelson | 2017 | $5,000 | $7,000 | (est) |
| Vincent Kartheiser | 2017 | $5,000 | $6,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score85.0
RT critic review count103
Rotten Tomatoes audience score61.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes24,993
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 2017 | $1,361,611 | $1,742,706 |
| International | 2017 | $75,140 | $96,171 |
| Worldwide | 2017 | $1,436,751 | $1,838,877 |
Earnings / Profitability
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2017 | $710,862 | $909,821 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2017 | $2,913,000 | $3,728,307 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2017 | $3,251,000 | $4,160,909 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2017 | $2,173,000 | $2,781,192 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2017 | $6,241,000 | $7,987,767 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2017 | $544,644 | $697,083 |
| Total Revenues | 2017 | $15,833,506 | $20,265,078 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget ? | 2017 | $333,000 (est) | $426,202 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2017 | $298,000 (est) | $381,406 (est) |
| Participations | 2017 | $633,000 | $810,168 |
| Residuals ? | 2017 | $826,000 | $1,057,186 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2017 | $66,600 | $85,240 |
| Total Expenses | 2017 | $2,156,600 | $2,760,202 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2017 | $13,676,906 | $17,504,877 |
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| Poster | Movie | Year | Match | Overall | Est. Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | 1990 | Shared genres: 4 | 52.0 | $3,981,945 |
 | Dahmer | 2002 | Shared genres: 4 | 43.2 | $12,768,808 |
 | Ted Bundy | 2002 | Shared genres: 4 | 35.9 | $1,062,094 |
 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Shared genres: 3 | 97.9 | $117,523,648 |
 | Catch Me If You Can | 2002 | Shared genres: 3 | 97.0 | $116,707,549 |