The Burning Sea

2022 | Action, Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

Scores

Overall Score
68.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
70.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
66.2%
Review Aggregate
69.7

Critic Consensus

63.6% Fresh • 77 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 64% of 77 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize noir, thin plot, stylized. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

noirthin plotstylizedcharacter-drivenvisually strikingdarkrealisticfunnygrittymacabre

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Val Kilmer2022$866,000$928,000(est)
Vincent D'Onofrio2022$533,000$571,000(est)
Adam Goldberg2022$401,000$430,000(est)
Luis Guzmán2022$328,000$352,000(est)
Doug Hutchison2022$281,000$301,000(est)
Anthony LaPaglia2022$247,000$265,000(est)
Glenn Plummer2022$222,000$238,000(est)
Peter Sarsgaard2022$202,000$216,000(est)
Deborah Kara Unger2022$186,000$199,000(est)
Chandra West2022$173,000$185,000(est)
B.D. Wong2022$162,000$173,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score63.0
RT critic review count82
Rotten Tomatoes audience score82.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes8,740

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2022$493$528
International2022$4,025,230$4,314,024
Worldwide2022$4,025,723$4,314,552

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 Revenue2022$1,610,338$1,725,874
Digital Rentals ?2022$20,000$21,435
Digital Purchases ?2022$30,000$32,152
Physical Rentals ?2022$5,000$5,359
Physical Purchases ?2022$17,000$18,220
TV & Streaming Revenue2022$5,400,000$5,787,428
Total Revenues2022$7,082,338$7,590,467
Expenses
Budget ?2022$18,000,000$19,291,426
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2022$398,000 (est)$426,555 (est)
Participations2022$142,000$152,188
Residuals ?2022$262,000$280,797
Interest & Overhead2022$3,600,000$3,858,285
Total Expenses2022$22,402,000$24,009,251
Movie Net Profit or Loss2022$-15,319,662$-16,418,784

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