Simon

2006 | Comedy, Drama, Foreign Language, Homosexual Theme, LGBTQ Theme

Synopsis

A mild-mannered gay dentist and a hedonist womanizer rekindle their unlikely friendship when the latter's terminal cancer drives them back together after a decade apart.

Scores

Overall Score
46.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
83.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
5.4%
Review Aggregate
37.8

Critic Consensus

8.1% Fresh • 87 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 8% of 87 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, suspenseful, scary. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotsuspensefulscarycoming of agedarkgrittychristmasfamily-friendlystylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Camilla Belle2006$1,221,000$1,899,000(est)
Brian Geraghty2006$751,000$1,169,000(est)
Katie Cassidy2006$566,000$880,000(est)
Clark Gregg2006$462,000$720,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score8.0
RT critic review count91
Rotten Tomatoes audience score43.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating7.8
IMDb votes8,284

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$4,055$6,310
International2006N/AN/A
Worldwide2006$4,055$6,310

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 Revenue2006$2,028$3,155
Digital Rentals ?2006$16,000$24,897
Digital Purchases ?2006$5,000$7,780
Physical Rentals ?2006$521,000$810,703
Physical Purchases ?2006$1,229,000$1,912,387
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$4,500,000$7,002,232
Total Revenues2006$6,273,028$9,761,154
Expenses
Budget ?2006$15,000,000$23,340,774
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$80,000 (est)$124,484 (est)
Participations2006$125,000$194,506
Residuals ?2006$337,000$524,389
Interest & Overhead2006$3,000,000$4,668,155
Total Expenses2006$18,542,000$28,852,309
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$-12,268,972$-19,091,154

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