Paper Towns

2015 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Adaptation, Book Adaptation, Summer, Teenager, Young Adult Novel Adaptation

Synopsis

After an all-night adventure, Quentin's lifelong crush, Margo, disappears, leaving behind clues that Quentin and his friends follow on the journey of a lifetime.

Scores

Overall Score
81.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
88.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
88.9%
Review Aggregate
55.1

Critic Consensus

58.3% Fresh • 139 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 58% of 139 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, thin plot, romantic. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

coming of agethin plotromanticlightheartedfunnyemotionalcharacter-drivenvisually strikingdarkrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Nat Wolff2015$863,000$1,142,000(est)
Cara Delevingne2015$531,000$703,000(est)
Halston Sage2015$400,000$529,000(est)
Justice Smith2015$327,000$433,000(est)
Austin Abrams2015$280,000$370,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score58.0
RT critic review count139
Rotten Tomatoes audience score47.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes110,642

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$32,000,304$42,356,519
International2015$53,511,996$70,830,011
Worldwide2015$85,512,304$113,186,536

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 Revenue2015$37,404,950$49,510,264
Digital Rentals ?2015$3,936,000$5,209,802
Digital Purchases ?2015$4,127,000$5,462,615
Physical Rentals ?2015$4,465,000$5,910,002
Physical Purchases ?2015$11,965,000$15,837,217
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$8,000,076$10,589,130
Total Revenues2015$69,898,026$92,519,031
Expenses
Budget ?2015$12,000,000$15,883,544
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$15,000,000 (est)$19,854,430 (est)
Participations2015$5,592,000$7,401,731
Residuals ?2015$1,839,000$2,434,153
Interest & Overhead2015$2,400,000$3,176,709
Total Expenses2015$36,831,000$48,750,567
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$33,067,026$43,768,464

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