Synopsis
Searching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the Southern U.S. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows "Alt Country" singer Jim White through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coal mines. This is a journey through a very real contemporary Southern U.S., a world of marginalised white people and their unique and home-made society. Along the way are road-side encounters with modern musical mavericks including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; old time banjo player Lee sexton; rockabilly and mountain Gospel churches - and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
24.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
28.4%
Critic Consensus
67.7% Fresh • 34 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 68% of 34 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize surreal, dark, funny. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
surrealdarkfunnyfamily-friendlyromanticvisually striking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score68.0
RT critic review count34
Rotten Tomatoes audience score90.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.6
IMDb votes1,207
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2005 | $79,916 | $128,365 |
| International | 2005 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2005 | $79,916 | $128,365 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2005 | $39,958 | $64,182 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2005 | $77,000 | $123,681 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2005 | $12,000 | $19,275 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2005 | $4,309,000 | $6,921,318 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2005 | $10,344,000 | $16,615,017 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2005 | $39,958 | $64,182 |
| Total Revenues | 2005 | $14,821,916 | $23,807,655 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2005 | $248,000 (est) | $398,349 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2005 | $80,000 (est) | $128,500 (est) |
| Participations | 2005 | $593,000 | $952,504 |
| Residuals ? | 2005 | $1,081,000 | $1,736,353 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2005 | $49,600 | $79,670 |
| Total Expenses | 2005 | $2,051,600 | $3,295,376 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2005 | $12,770,316 | $20,512,279 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $198,000, DVD $10,122,000, BluRay $25,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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