The Avengers

1998 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Adaptation, Heroine, Spy, TV Show Adaptation

Synopsis

Two British Agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine.

Scores

Overall Score
60.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
68.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
73.2%
Review Aggregate
16.8

Critic Consensus

5.0% Fresh • 80 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 5% of 80 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, lighthearted, stylized. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotlightheartedstylizedromanticvisually strikingfunnysurrealcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ralph Fiennes1998$5,859,000$11,275,000(est)
Uma Thurman1998$8,000,000 source$15,396,318reported
Sean Connery1998$2,715,000$5,226,000(est)
Jim Broadbent1998$2,220,000$4,272,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score5.0
RT critic review count83
Rotten Tomatoes audience score15.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating3.8
IMDb votes46,452

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1998$23,384,940$45,005,248
International1998N/AN/A
Worldwide1998$23,384,940$45,005,248

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 Revenue1998$11,692,470$22,502,624
Digital Rentals ?1998N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1998N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1998$21,775,000$41,906,854
Physical Purchases ?1998$30,462,000$58,625,332
TV & Streaming Revenue1998$5,846,235$11,251,312
Total Revenues1998$69,775,705$134,286,122
Expenses
Budget ?1998$60,000,000$115,472,389
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1998$18,170,000 (est)$34,968,888 (est)
Participations1998$1,396,000$2,686,658
Residuals ?1998$4,137,000$7,961,821
Interest & Overhead1998$9,000,000$17,320,858
Total Expenses1998$92,703,000$178,410,614
Movie Net Profit or Loss1998$-22,927,295$-44,124,492

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