Pretty Persuasion

2005 | Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

Scores

Overall Score
48.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
43.0%
Review Aggregate
50.9

Critic Consensus

32.0% Fresh • 75 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 32% of 75 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize dark, funny, thin plot. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

darkfunnythin plotsatiricalcoming of agecharacter-drivengrittythought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Evan Rachel Wood2005$112,000$181,000(est)
Ron Livingston2005$69,000$111,000(est)
James Woods2005$52,000$84,000(est)
Jane Krakowski2005$43,000$68,000(est)
Elisabeth Harnois2005$36,000$59,000(est)
Danny Comden2005$32,000$52,000(est)
Michael Hitchcock2005$29,000$46,000(est)
Adi Schnall2005$26,000$42,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score33.0
RT critic review count80
Rotten Tomatoes audience score62.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes11,019

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2005$305,800$491,190
International2005$231,326$371,567
Worldwide2005$537,126$862,757

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 Revenue2005$245,430$394,222
Digital Rentals ?2005$132,000$212,025
Digital Purchases ?2005$21,000$33,731
Physical Rentals ?2005$7,370,000$11,838,039
Physical Purchases ?2005$17,693,000$28,419,325
TV & Streaming Revenue2005$137,610$221,036
Total Revenues2005$25,599,040$41,118,378
Expenses
Budget ?2005$2,500,000$4,015,617
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2005$430,000 (est)$690,686 (est)
Participations2005$1,024,000$1,644,797
Residuals ?2005$1,859,000$2,986,013
Interest & Overhead2005$500,000$803,123
Total Expenses2005$6,313,000$10,140,236
Movie Net Profit or Loss2005$19,286,040$30,978,141

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