Taking Woodstock

2009 | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music

Synopsis

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Scores

Overall Score
69.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
81.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
64.9%
Review Aggregate
52.0

Critic Consensus

48.0% Fresh • 173 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 48% of 173 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, lighthearted, funny. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotlightheartedfunnyhistoricalvisually strikingstylizedemotionalcoming of agedarkgritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Demetri Martin2009$1,511,000$2,210,000(est)
Paul Dano2009$930,000$1,360,000(est)
Dan Fogler2009$700,000$1,024,000(est)
Henry Goodman2009$573,000$837,000(est)
Jonathan Groff2009$490,000$716,000(est)
Emile Hirsch2009$431,000$630,000(est)
Eugene Levy2009$387,000$566,000(est)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan2009$352,000$515,000(est)
Imelda Staunton2009$325,000$475,000(est)
Liev Schreiber2009$301,000$441,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score47.0
RT critic review count178
Rotten Tomatoes audience score47.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes30,509

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2009$7,460,204$10,910,331
International2009$2,515,533$3,678,894
Worldwide2009$9,975,737$14,589,225

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 Revenue2009$4,736,315$6,926,723
Digital Rentals ?2009$2,520,000$3,685,427
Digital Purchases ?2009$808,000$1,181,676
Physical Rentals ?2009$10,291,000$15,050,288
Physical Purchases ?2009$21,990,000$32,159,735
TV & Streaming Revenue2009$1,790,449$2,618,479
Total Revenues2009$42,135,764$61,622,329
Expenses
Budget ?2009$30,000,000$43,874,127
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2009$7,800,000 (est)$11,407,273 (est)
Participations2009$843,000$1,232,863
Residuals ?2009$2,598,000$3,799,499
Interest & Overhead2009$5,100,000$7,458,602
Total Expenses2009$46,341,000$67,772,364
Movie Net Profit or Loss2009$-4,205,236$-6,150,035

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