Safety Not Guaranteed

2012 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.

Scores

Overall Score
76.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
83.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
64.5%
Review Aggregate
81.7

Critic Consensus

90.5% Fresh • 148 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 91% of 148 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, lighthearted, romantic. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnylightheartedromanticcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingdarkcoming of agetragicuplifting

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Aubrey Plaza2012$34,000$46,000(est)
Mark Duplass2012$21,000$28,000(est)
Jake Johnson2012$16,000$21,000(est)
Karan Soni2012$13,000$17,000(est)
Jenica Bergere2012$11,000$15,000(est)
Kristen Bell2012$10,000$13,000(est)
Jeff Garlin2012$9,000$12,000(est)
Mary Lynn Rajskub2012$8,000$11,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score91.0
RT critic review count149
Rotten Tomatoes audience score80.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes133,829

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$4,010,957$5,480,127
International2012$413,742$565,291
Worldwide2012$4,424,699$6,045,418

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$2,170,975$2,966,180
Digital Rentals ?2012$3,692,000$5,044,340
Digital Purchases ?2012$1,660,000$2,268,040
Physical Rentals ?2012$5,851,000$7,994,158
Physical Purchases ?2012$14,456,000$19,751,077
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$1,604,383$2,192,051
Total Revenues2012$29,434,358$40,215,846
Expenses
Budget ?2012$750,000$1,024,717
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$675,000 (est)$922,245 (est)
Participations2012$2,355,000$3,217,611
Residuals ?2012$1,772,000$2,421,064
Interest & Overhead2012$150,000$204,943
Total Expenses2012$5,702,000$7,790,581
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$23,732,358$32,425,265

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