Son of Saul

2015 | Drama, War, Foreign Language, Historical War, Past, World War II

Synopsis

A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.

Scores

Overall Score
75.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
79.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
66.6%
Review Aggregate
84.5

Critic Consensus

95.7% Fresh • 231 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 96% of 231 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, visually striking, suspenseful. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

emotionalvisually strikingsuspensefulstylizeddarkthought-provokingpsychologicalgrittyhistoricaltragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Géza Röhrig2015$98,000$129,000(est)
Levente Molnár2015$60,000$80,000(est)
Urs Rechn2015$45,000$60,000(est)
Christian Harting2015$37,000$49,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score96.0
RT critic review count231
Rotten Tomatoes audience score79.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes53,697

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$1,777,043$2,352,145
International2015$4,882,078$6,462,059
Worldwide2015$6,659,121$8,814,204

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 Revenue2015$2,841,353$3,760,896
Digital Rentals ?2015$2,963,000$3,921,912
Digital Purchases ?2015$3,108,000$4,113,838
Physical Rentals ?2015$3,362,000$4,450,040
Physical Purchases ?2015$9,009,000$11,924,571
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$710,817$940,858
Total Revenues2015$21,994,170$29,112,116
Expenses
Budget ?2015$1,500,000$1,985,443
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$1,350,000 (est)$1,786,899 (est)
Participations2015$880,000$1,164,793
Residuals ?2015$1,128,000$1,493,053
Interest & Overhead2015$300,000$397,089
Total Expenses2015$5,158,000$6,827,277
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$16,836,170$22,284,839

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