Private Lessons

1981 | Comedy, Romance, Bawdy Comedy, Erotica

Synopsis

An immigrant housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur's blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall in love.

Scores

Overall Score
39.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
29.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
62.5%
Review Aggregate
24.3

Critic Consensus

0.0% Fresh • 6 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 0% of 6 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, funny, romantic. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

coming of agefunnyromanticcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sylvia Kristel1981$215,000$744,000(est)
Howard Hesseman1981$133,000$458,000(est)
Eric Brown1981$100,000$345,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score0.0
RT critic review count7
Rotten Tomatoes audience score33.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating5.1
IMDb votes4,667

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1981$26,279,000$90,690,016
International1981N/AN/A
Worldwide1981$26,279,000$90,690,016

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 Revenue1981$13,139,500$45,345,008
Digital Rentals ?1981N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1981N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1981$4,691,000$16,188,853
Physical Purchases ?1981$3,988,000$13,762,768
TV & Streaming Revenue1981$6,569,750$22,672,504
Total Revenues1981$28,388,250$97,969,133
Expenses
Budget ?1981$2,800,000$9,662,926
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1981$3,500,000 (est)$12,078,658 (est)
Participations1981$1,136,000$3,920,387
Residuals ?1981$949,000$3,275,042
Interest & Overhead1981$560,000$1,932,585
Total Expenses1981$8,945,000$30,869,599
Movie Net Profit or Loss1981$19,443,250$67,099,534

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