Real Steel

2011 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport, Boxing, Combat Sport, Future, IMAX, Near Future, Robot, Sports

Synopsis

In a near future where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.

Scores

Overall Score
90.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
96.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
96.7%
Review Aggregate
67.3

Critic Consensus

60.0% Fresh • 230 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 60% of 230 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, family-friendly, emotional. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotfamily-friendlyemotionalcoming of agecharacter-drivenlightheartedvisually strikingaction-packedsatiricalgritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Hugh Jackman2011$9,000,000 source$12,553,579reported
Dakota Goyo2011$7,302,000$10,185,000(est)
Evangeline Lilly2011$5,497,000$7,668,000(est)
Anthony Mackie2011$4,495,000$6,269,000(est)
Kevin Durand2011$3,845,000$5,363,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score60.0
RT critic review count231
Rotten Tomatoes audience score73.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes373,935

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2011$85,468,508$119,215,078
International2011$213,800,000$298,217,252
Worldwide2011$299,268,508$417,432,330

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 Revenue2011$128,254,254$178,894,440
Digital Rentals ?2011$5,310,000$7,406,612
Digital Purchases ?2011$1,707,000$2,380,996
Physical Rentals ?2011$9,715,000$13,550,892
Physical Purchases ?2011$23,166,000$32,312,913
TV & Streaming Revenue2011$21,367,127$29,803,769
Total Revenues2011$189,519,381$264,349,621
Expenses
Budget ?2011$110,000,000$153,432,637
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2011$94,822,000 (est)$132,261,723 (est)
Participations2011$3,790,000$5,286,452
Residuals ?2011$3,729,000$5,201,366
Interest & Overhead2011$13,200,000$18,411,916
Total Expenses2011$225,541,000$314,594,094
Movie Net Profit or Loss2011$-36,021,619$-50,244,473

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