The Cage Fighter

2018 | Action, Documentary, Drama

Synopsis

A blue-collar family man breaks the promise he'd made to never fight again. Now forty years old, with a wife and four children who need him, Joe Carman risks everything to go back into the fighting cage and come to terms with his past.

Scores

Overall Score
43.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
1.3%
Review Aggregate
46.6

Critic Consensus

45.6% Fresh • 147 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 46% of 147 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, action-packed, funny. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotaction-packedfunnypoliticalstylizedgrittypsychologicalemotionalsurrealcoming of age

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Vin Diesel2018$5,409,000$6,757,000(est)
Donnie Yen2018$3,330,000$4,160,000(est)
Deepika Padukone2018$2,507,000$3,132,000(est)
Kris Wu2018$2,050,000$2,561,000(est)
Ruby Rose2018$1,753,000$2,190,000(est)
Tony Jaa2018$1,543,000$1,928,000(est)
Nina Dobrev2018$1,385,000$1,731,000(est)
Toni Collette2018$1,262,000$1,576,000(est)
Samuel L. Jackson2018$1,162,000$1,451,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score46.0
RT critic review count147
Rotten Tomatoes audience score37.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes286

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2018$3,392$4,238
International2018N/AN/A
Worldwide2018$3,392$4,238

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 Revenue2018$1,696$2,119
Digital Rentals ?2018$34,000$42,476
Digital Purchases ?2018$41,000$51,221
Physical Rentals ?2018$21,000$26,235
Physical Purchases ?2018$60,000$74,958
TV & Streaming Revenue2018$75,000$93,698
Total Revenues2018$232,696$290,708
Expenses
Budget ?2018$250,000 (est)$312,326 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2018$80,000 (est)$99,944 (est)
Participations2018$5,000$6,247
Residuals ?2018$11,000$13,742
Interest & Overhead2018$50,000$62,465
Total Expenses2018$396,000$494,724
Movie Net Profit or Loss2018$-163,304$-204,016

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