The Boondock Saints

2000 | Action, Crime, Thriller, Boston, City, Criminal, Irish Culture, Massachusetts, North America, USA, Vigilante

Synopsis

Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes in order to try to wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.

Scores

Overall Score
56.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
94.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
5.5%
Review Aggregate
61.2

Critic Consensus

30.8% Fresh • 26 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 31% of 26 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, funny, stylized. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotfunnystylizeduneven tonesatiricalvisually strikingpacing issues

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Willem Dafoe2000$345,000$629,000(est)
Sean Patrick Flanery2000$212,000$387,000(est)
Norman Reedus2000$160,000$291,000(est)
David Della Rocco2000$131,000$238,000(est)
Billy Connolly2000$112,000$204,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score26.0
RT critic review count31
Rotten Tomatoes audience score91.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating7.6
IMDb votes258,987

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2000$30,471$55,510
International2000N/AN/A
Worldwide2000$30,471$55,510

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 Revenue2000$15,236$27,755
Digital Rentals ?2000N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2000N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2000$972,000$1,770,711
Physical Purchases ?2000$1,297,000$2,362,769
TV & Streaming Revenue2000$1,800,000$3,279,094
Total Revenues2000$4,084,236$7,440,329
Expenses
Budget ?2000$6,000,000$10,930,314
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2000$80,000 (est)$145,738 (est)
Participations2000$82,000$149,381
Residuals ?2000$245,000$446,321
Interest & Overhead2000$1,200,000$2,186,063
Total Expenses2000$7,607,000$13,857,816
Movie Net Profit or Loss2000$-3,522,764$-6,417,487

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