The Ardennes

2017 | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A brutal home-jacking by two brothers goes hopelessly wrong, and one of them goes to prison. Four years later, his brother tries to help him get his life back on track.

Scores

Overall Score
52.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
52.5%
Review Aggregate
59.5

Critic Consensus

58.1% Fresh • 31 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 58% of 31 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize dark, family-friendly, gritty. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

darkfamily-friendlygrittyvisually strikingpsychologicalstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Veerle Baetens2017$48,000$62,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score58.0
RT critic review count31
Rotten Tomatoes audience score56.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes5,827

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2017$5,638$7,216
International2017$1,361,241$1,742,233
Worldwide2017$1,366,879$1,749,449

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 Revenue2017$547,315$700,501
Digital Rentals ?2017$182,000$232,939
Digital Purchases ?2017$203,000$259,817
Physical Rentals ?2017$136,000$174,064
Physical Purchases ?2017$389,000$497,876
TV & Streaming Revenue2017$186,900$239,211
Total Revenues2017$1,644,215$2,104,408
Expenses
Budget ?2017$623,000 (est)$797,369 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2017$566,000 (est)$724,415 (est)
Participations2017$33,000$42,236
Residuals ?2017$55,000$70,394
Interest & Overhead2017$124,600$159,474
Total Expenses2017$1,401,600$1,793,888
Movie Net Profit or Loss2017$242,615$310,520

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