Righteous Kill

2008 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.

Scores

Overall Score
73.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
79.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
88.6%
Review Aggregate
35.1

Critic Consensus

18.0% Fresh • 139 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 18% of 139 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, funny, gritty. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotfunnygrittyvisually strikingsuspensefulpacing issuescharacter-drivendarkemotionalpsychological

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Robert De Niro2008$4,049,000$5,899,000(est)
Al Pacino2008$2,492,000$3,631,000(est)
Curtis Jackson2008$1,876,000$2,734,000(est)
Carla Gugino2008$1,534,000$2,235,000(est)
Donnie Wahlberg2008$1,312,000$1,912,000(est)
Trilby Glover2008$1,155,000$1,683,000(est)
Brian Dennehy2008$1,037,000$1,511,000(est)
John Leguizamo2008$944,000$1,376,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score18.0
RT critic review count146
Rotten Tomatoes audience score37.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.0
IMDb votes94,505

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$40,081,408$58,400,086
International2008$38,379,288$55,920,034
Worldwide2008$78,460,696$114,320,120

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 Revenue2008$35,392,419$51,568,057
Digital Rentals ?2008$1,631,000$2,376,427
Digital Purchases ?2008$582,000$847,995
Physical Rentals ?2008$13,519,000$19,697,680
Physical Purchases ?2008$28,010,000$40,811,600
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$10,020,352$14,600,021
Total Revenues2008$89,154,771$129,901,781
Expenses
Budget ?2008$60,000,000$87,422,207
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$21,913,000 (est)$31,928,047 (est)
Participations2008$1,783,000$2,597,897
Residuals ?2008$3,632,000$5,291,958
Interest & Overhead2008$9,000,000$13,113,331
Total Expenses2008$96,328,000$140,353,439
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$-7,173,229$-10,451,658

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