North Station

2002 | Comedy, Family, Romance, Christmas Theme, Foreign Language

Synopsis

For years, the post office has delivered mail addressed to Santa Claus to the small isolated community of North Station, the closest thing they know name-wise to the North Pole. Sometime in the 1950's, teen-aged North Station residents Samuel and his girlfriend Evelyne continue a tradition started by Samuel's grandfather Edgar - who recently passed away - of personally answering those letters as Santa Claus. Because of a snowstorm, those letters written by Samuel and Evelyne can't be delivered before Christmas, so Samuel takes it upon himself to see those letters make it out of North Station on time. However, Samuel's ski-doo is found abandoned in the woods, and Samuel is thought to have perished in the storm. Fifty years later, there are fewer letters written every year because fewer children believe in the magic of Santa Claus. One of the letters that is written is from a young girl named Satia - Evelyne's granddaughter - who has a special Christmas wish for her ailing grandmother. The letter gets into the hands of one person who doesn't quite know its meaning but thinks he can do something to fulfill its wish, and in turn help re-instill a little bit of magic back into Christmas. However, a mishap that occurs during the fulfillment of the wish might threaten the entire existence of Christmas.

Scores

Overall Score
47.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
56.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
28.8%
Review Aggregate
60.8

Critic Consensus

65.7% Fresh • 204 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 66% of 204 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, romantic, emotional. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotromanticemotionalthought-provokingvisually strikingpsychologicalcharacter-drivenstylizedgrittylighthearted

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
George Clooney2002$4,054,000$7,070,000(est)
Natascha McElhone2002$2,496,000$4,352,000(est)
Jeremy Davies2002$1,879,000$3,277,000(est)
Viola Davis2002$1,536,000$2,679,000(est)
Ulrich Tukur2002$1,314,000$2,292,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score66.0
RT critic review count207
Rotten Tomatoes audience score59.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.5
IMDb votes100

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2002$171,400$298,878
International2002N/AN/A
Worldwide2002$171,400$298,878

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 Revenue2002$85,700$149,439
Digital Rentals ?2002$5,000$8,719
Digital Purchases ?2002N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2002$5,730,000$9,991,668
Physical Purchases ?2002$10,684,000$18,630,188
TV & Streaming Revenue2002$77,130$134,495
Total Revenues2002$16,581,830$28,914,509
Expenses
Budget ?2002$47,000,000$81,956,088
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2002$137,000 (est)$238,893 (est)
Participations2002$332,000$578,924
Residuals ?2002$1,210,000$2,109,933
Interest & Overhead2002$7,990,000$13,932,535
Total Expenses2002$56,669,000$98,816,374
Movie Net Profit or Loss2002$-40,087,170$-69,901,865

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