Pipe Dream (2002) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

A lonely plumber poses as a director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.

Scores

Overall Score

22.1

Popularity Percentile (Year)

18.0%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

8.7%

Review Aggregate

54.6

Critic Consensus

75.0% Fresh • 16 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 75% of 16 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, character-driven, funny. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Mary-Louise Parker	2002	$0	$1,000	(est)
Martin Donovan	2002	$0	$0	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score72.0

RT critic review count18

Rotten Tomatoes audience score31.0

RT audience rating count500

IMDb rating6.0

IMDb votes1,089

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	2002	$15,430	$26,906
International	2002	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	2002	$15,430	$26,906

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).

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue	2002	$7,715	$13,453
Digital Rentals ?	2002	$1,000	$1,744
Digital Purchases ?	2002	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	2002	$1,022,000	$1,782,109
Physical Purchases ?	2002	$1,905,000	$3,321,837
TV & Streaming Revenue	2002	$75,000	$130,781
Total Revenues	2002	$3,010,715	$5,249,924
Expenses
Budget ?	2002	$250,000 (est)	$435,937 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	2002	$80,000 (est)	$139,500 (est)
Participations	2002	$120,000	$209,250
Residuals ?	2002	$211,000	$367,931
Interest & Overhead	2002	$50,000	$87,187
Total Expenses	2002	$711,000	$1,239,804
Movie Net Profit or Loss	2002	$2,299,715	$4,010,120

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