Sophie's Choice

1982 | Drama, Romance

Synopsis

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

Scores

Overall Score
76.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
74.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
78.6%
Review Aggregate
78.1

Critic Consensus

68.6% Fresh • 35 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 69% of 35 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, visually striking, uplifting. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

emotionalvisually strikingupliftingtragicstylizedcharacter-drivencoming of agedark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Meryl Streep1982$693,000$2,252,000(est)
Kevin Kline1982$426,000$1,386,000(est)
Peter MacNicol1982$321,000$1,044,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score74.0
RT critic review count43
Rotten Tomatoes audience score85.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes55,691

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1982$30,036,000$97,640,340
International1982$166$540
Worldwide1982$30,036,166$97,640,880

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 Revenue1982$15,018,066$48,820,386
Digital Rentals ?1982N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1982N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1982$7,247,000$23,558,381
Physical Purchases ?1982$5,735,000$18,643,207
TV & Streaming Revenue1982$7,509,000$24,410,085
Total Revenues1982$35,509,066$115,432,059
Expenses
Budget ?1982$9,000,000$29,256,994
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1982$7,220,000 (est)$23,470,611 (est)
Participations1982$1,420,000$4,616,103
Residuals ?1982$1,312,000$4,265,020
Interest & Overhead1982$1,800,000$5,851,399
Total Expenses1982$20,752,000$67,460,126
Movie Net Profit or Loss1982$14,757,066$47,971,933

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