On the Line

2001 | Comedy, Family, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

A shy advertising employee meets his dream girl on the El train, but doesn't remember to get her phone number, resulting in an all-out search for the mystery girl

Scores

Overall Score
40.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
36.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
48.8%
Review Aggregate
34.1

Critic Consensus

20.0% Fresh • 60 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 20% of 60 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, romantic, coming of age. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotromanticcoming of agelightheartedfunnygritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Lance Bass2001$900,000$1,594,000(est)
Joey Fatone2001$554,000$981,000(est)
Emmanuelle Chriqui2001$417,000$739,000(est)
GQ2001$341,000$604,000(est)
Al Green2001$292,000$517,000(est)
Tamala Jones2001$257,000$455,000(est)
Dave Foley2001$230,000$408,000(est)
Jerry Stiller2001$210,000$372,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score18.0
RT critic review count68
Rotten Tomatoes audience score47.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating4.2
IMDb votes4,507

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2001$4,365,455$7,732,599
International2001$37,564$66,538
Worldwide2001$4,403,019$7,799,136

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 Revenue2001$2,197,753$3,892,914
Digital Rentals ?2001N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2001N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2001$13,178,000$23,342,398
Physical Purchases ?2001$19,689,000$34,875,434
TV & Streaming Revenue2001$1,746,182$3,093,040
Total Revenues2001$36,810,935$65,203,786
Expenses
Budget ?2001$16,000,000$28,341,051
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2001$3,631,000 (est)$6,431,647 (est)
Participations2001$1,472,000$2,607,377
Residuals ?2001$2,507,000$4,440,688
Interest & Overhead2001$3,200,000$5,668,210
Total Expenses2001$26,810,000$47,488,973
Movie Net Profit or Loss2001$10,000,935$17,714,813

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