The Best Man Holiday

2013 | Comedy, Drama, Christmas Theme

Synopsis

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

Scores

Overall Score
79.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
86.0%
Review Aggregate
74.0

Critic Consensus

70.5% Fresh • 95 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 71% of 95 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize christmas, funny, thin plot. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

christmasfunnythin plotlightheartedemotionalrealisticvisually strikingcharacter-drivenfamily-friendlytragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Morris Chestnut2013$1,023,000$1,377,000(est)
Taye Diggs2013$630,000$848,000(est)
Regina Hall2013$474,000$638,000(est)
Terrence Howard2013$388,000$522,000(est)
Sanaa Lathan2013$332,000$446,000(est)
Nia Long2013$250,000 source$336,588reported
Harold Perrineau2013$262,000$353,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score71.0
RT critic review count95
Rotten Tomatoes audience score83.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.6
IMDb votes17,536

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$70,525,190$94,951,723
International2013$2,310,515$3,110,766
Worldwide2013$72,835,710$98,062,496

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 Revenue2013$36,186,801$48,720,168
Digital Rentals ?2013$4,763,000$6,412,674
Digital Purchases ?2013$2,847,000$3,833,064
Physical Rentals ?2013$6,156,000$8,288,142
Physical Purchases ?2013$15,951,000$21,475,659
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$17,631,298$23,737,931
Total Revenues2013$83,535,098$112,467,638
Expenses
Budget ?2013$17,000,000$22,887,982
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$21,250,000 (est)$28,609,978 (est)
Participations2013$6,683,000$8,997,670
Residuals ?2013$2,743,000$3,693,043
Interest & Overhead2013$3,400,000$4,577,596
Total Expenses2013$51,076,000$68,766,269
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$32,459,098$43,701,369

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