The Babysitters

2008 | Drama

Synopsis

After fooling around with one of her customers, a teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys.

Scores

Overall Score
36.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
49.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
19.7%
Review Aggregate
38.5

Critic Consensus

32.0% Fresh • 25 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 32% of 25 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, thin plot, satirical. Many reviews cite thin plot, uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

coming of agethin plotsatiricalgrittyfamily-friendlyscarythought-provokinguneven tone

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
John Leguizamo2008$0$1,000(est)
Katherine Waterston2008$0$0(est)
Cynthia Nixon2008$0$0(est)
Lauren Birkell2008$0$0(est)
Louisa Krause2008$0$0(est)
Andy Comeau2008$0$0(est)
Denis O'Hare2008$0$0(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score35.0
RT critic review count26
Rotten Tomatoes audience score30.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating5.6
IMDb votes13,595

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$44,852$65,351
International2008N/AN/A
Worldwide2008$44,852$65,351

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 Revenue2008$22,426$32,676
Digital Rentals ?2008$348,000$507,049
Digital Purchases ?2008$124,000$180,673
Physical Rentals ?2008$2,884,000$4,202,094
Physical Purchases ?2008$5,975,000$8,705,794
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$75,000$109,278
Total Revenues2008$9,428,426$13,737,562
Expenses
Budget ?2008$250,000 (est)$364,259 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$80,000 (est)$116,563 (est)
Participations2008$377,000$549,303
Residuals ?2008$669,000$974,758
Interest & Overhead2008$50,000$72,852
Total Expenses2008$1,426,000$2,077,734
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$8,002,426$11,659,828

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