The Blue Room

2014 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

In their blue hotel room, a clandestine couple of two married lovers plan an impossible future, as death shutters their already frail tranquillity. Now, the noose tightens more and more around innocents and sinners; but, was there a crime?

Scores

Overall Score
50.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
38.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
54.6%
Review Aggregate
68.5

Critic Consensus

88.3% Fresh • 77 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 77 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize suspenseful, noir, psychological. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

suspensefulnoirpsychologicalstylizedemotionalvisually strikingdarkromanticrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Léa Drucker2014$63,000$83,000(est)
Mathieu Amalric2014$39,000$51,000(est)
Stéphanie Cléau2014$29,000$38,000(est)
Laurent Poitrenaux2014$24,000$31,000(est)
Serge Bozon2014$20,000$27,000(est)
Blutch2014$18,000$24,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count77
Rotten Tomatoes audience score50.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes3,917

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$254,666$337,510
International2014$978,234$1,296,460
Worldwide2014$1,232,900$1,633,970

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 Revenue2014$518,627$687,339
Digital Rentals ?2014$2,087,000$2,765,914
Digital Purchases ?2014$1,653,000$2,190,731
Physical Rentals ?2014$2,379,000$3,152,904
Physical Purchases ?2014$6,412,000$8,497,864
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$114,600$151,880
Total Revenues2014$13,164,226$17,446,632
Expenses
Budget ?2014$1,200,000$1,590,368
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$986,000 (est)$1,306,752 (est)
Participations2014$527,000$698,436
Residuals ?2014$771,000$1,021,811
Interest & Overhead2014$240,000$318,074
Total Expenses2014$3,724,000$4,935,441
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$9,440,226$12,511,191

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