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2018 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.

Scores

Overall Score
91.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
94.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.9%
Review Aggregate
86.6

Critic Consensus

91.5% Fresh • 260 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 92% of 260 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, suspenseful, stylized. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

emotionalsuspensefulstylizedvisually strikingpsychologicalcharacter-drivenfamily-friendlycoming of agerealisticthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
John Cho2018$87,000$109,000(est)
Debra Messing2018$54,000$67,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score92.0
RT critic review count260
Rotten Tomatoes audience score88.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.6
IMDb votes188,785

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2018$26,020,956$32,508,057
International2018$49,441,080$61,766,888
Worldwide2018$75,462,040$94,274,950

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 Revenue2018$32,786,910$40,960,784
Digital Rentals ?2018$3,916,000$4,892,270
Digital Purchases ?2018$4,722,000$5,899,209
Physical Rentals ?2018$2,412,000$3,013,319
Physical Purchases ?2018$6,843,000$8,548,980
TV & Streaming Revenue2018$6,245,029$7,801,934
Total Revenues2018$56,924,939$71,116,495
Expenses
Budget ?2018$880,000$1,099,387
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2018$1,100,000 (est)$1,374,233 (est)
Participations2018$4,554,000$5,689,326
Residuals ?2018$1,232,000$1,539,141
Interest & Overhead2018$176,000$219,877
Total Expenses2018$7,942,000$9,921,964
Movie Net Profit or Loss2018$48,982,939$61,194,531

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