The Broken Circle Breakdown

2013 | Drama, Music, Romance, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.

Scores

Overall Score
72.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
70.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
68.3%
Review Aggregate
82.2

Critic Consensus

82.5% Fresh • 103 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 103 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, tragic, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

emotionaltragiccharacter-drivenlightheartedgrittyromanticfamily-friendlydarkvisually strikingsuspenseful

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Johan Heldenbergh2013$132,000$177,000(est)
Veerle Baetens2013$81,000$109,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score83.0
RT critic review count103
Rotten Tomatoes audience score85.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.7
IMDb votes44,694

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$175,058$235,690
International2013$5,866,445$7,898,299
Worldwide2013$6,041,503$8,133,989

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$2,434,107$3,277,165
Digital Rentals ?2013$2,505,000$3,372,611
Digital Purchases ?2013$1,498,000$2,016,835
Physical Rentals ?2013$3,238,000$4,359,487
Physical Purchases ?2013$8,389,000$11,294,546
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$87,529$117,845
Total Revenues2013$18,151,636$24,438,489
Expenses
Budget ?2013$864,000 (est)$1,163,248 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$1,162,000 (est)$1,564,461 (est)
Participations2013$726,000$977,451
Residuals ?2013$997,000$1,342,313
Interest & Overhead2013$172,800$232,650
Total Expenses2013$3,921,800$5,280,123
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$14,229,836$19,158,367

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