Southland Tales

2007 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Synopsis

During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Scores

Overall Score
52.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
65.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
40.9%
Review Aggregate
44.0

Critic Consensus

40.6% Fresh • 106 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 41% of 106 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, political, satirical. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotpoliticalsatiricaldarkfunnyvisually strikingcoming of agestylizedpsychologicalnoir

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Dwayne Johnson2007$668,000$1,011,000(est)
Seann William Scott2007$411,000$622,000(est)
Sarah Michelle Gellar2007$310,000$469,000(est)
Nora Dunn2007$253,000$383,000(est)
Christopher Lambert2007$217,000$328,000(est)
John Larroquette2007$191,000$288,000(est)
Bai Ling2007$171,000$259,000(est)
Jon Lovitz2007$156,000$236,000(est)
Mandy Moore2007$144,000$217,000(est)
Holmes Osborne2007$133,000$202,000(est)
Cheri Oteri2007$125,000$189,000(est)
Amy Poehler2007$117,000$178,000(est)
Lou Taylor Pucci2007$111,000$168,000(est)
Miranda Richardson2007$105,000$159,000(est)
Wallace Shawn2007$100,000$152,000(est)
Kevin Smith2007$96,000$145,000(est)
Justin Timberlake2007$92,000$139,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score41.0
RT critic review count106
Rotten Tomatoes audience score41.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.3
IMDb votes41,801

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$275,380$416,723
International2007$99,363$150,363
Worldwide2007$374,743$567,086

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 Revenue2007$177,435$268,507
Digital Rentals ?2007$432,000$653,731
Digital Purchases ?2007$161,000$243,636
Physical Rentals ?2007$7,430,000$11,243,565
Physical Purchases ?2007$16,696,000$25,265,485
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$123,921$187,525
Total Revenues2007$25,020,356$37,862,448
Expenses
Budget ?2007$17,000,000$25,725,518
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$300,000 (est)$453,980 (est)
Participations2007$1,001,000$1,514,779
Residuals ?2007$1,805,000$2,731,445
Interest & Overhead2007$3,400,000$5,145,104
Total Expenses2007$23,506,000$35,570,825
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$1,514,356$2,291,623

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