Playing for Keeps

2012 | Comedy, Romance, Sport, Father, Fish out of Water, Male Character, Promiscuous Character, Romantic Comedy, Soccer, Sports, Team Sport, Womanizer

Synopsis

A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn.

Scores

Overall Score
64.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
66.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
80.0%
Review Aggregate
31.0

Critic Consensus

5.6% Fresh • 89 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 6% of 89 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, family-friendly. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotfamily-friendlyfunnycharacter-drivenlightheartedgrittypacing issuesuneven toneemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Gerard Butler2012$3,500,000$4,782,000(est)
Jessica Biel2012$2,154,000$2,944,000(est)
Uma Thurman2012$1,622,000$2,216,000(est)
Catherine Zeta-Jones2012$1,326,000$1,812,000(est)
Dennis Quaid2012$1,134,000$1,550,000(est)
Judy Greer2012$998,000$1,364,000(est)
James Tupper2012$896,000$1,225,000(est)
Aiden Potter2012$816,000$1,115,000(est)
Noah Lomax2012$752,000$1,027,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score6.0
RT critic review count89
Rotten Tomatoes audience score41.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating5.7
IMDb votes32,014

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$13,103,272$17,902,858
International2012$17,859,064$24,400,646
Worldwide2012$30,962,336$42,303,504

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 Revenue2012$13,695,262$18,711,687
Digital Rentals ?2012$3,724,000$5,088,061
Digital Purchases ?2012$1,674,000$2,287,168
Physical Rentals ?2012$5,903,000$8,065,205
Physical Purchases ?2012$14,583,000$19,924,595
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$3,144,785$4,296,686
Total Revenues2012$42,724,047$58,373,402
Expenses
Budget ?2012$55,000,000$75,145,904
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$13,667,000 (est)$18,673,074 (est)
Participations2012$854,000$1,166,811
Residuals ?2012$1,861,000$2,542,664
Interest & Overhead2012$8,250,000$11,271,886
Total Expenses2012$79,632,000$108,800,338
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$-36,907,953$-50,426,936

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