The Case of the Grinning Cat

2006 | Documentary

Synopsis

Paris 2002. Yellow cats appears on the walls. Chris Marker is looking for these mysterious cats and captures with his camera the political and international events of these last two years (war in Iraq...).

Scores

Overall Score
25.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
7.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
18.0%
Review Aggregate
81.2

Critic Consensus

94.1% Fresh • 17 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 94% of 17 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thought-provoking, stylized, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

thought-provokingstylizedcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score94.0
RT critic review count18
Rotten Tomatoes audience score74.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes27

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$20,944$32,590
International2006N/AN/A
Worldwide2006$20,944$32,590

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 Revenue2006$10,472$16,295
Digital Rentals ?2006$57,000$88,695
Digital Purchases ?2006$18,000$28,009
Physical Rentals ?2006$1,815,000$2,824,234
Physical Purchases ?2006$4,281,000$6,661,457
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$69,600$108,301
Total Revenues2006$6,251,072$9,726,991
Expenses
Budget ?2006$232,000 (est)$361,004 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$80,000 (est)$124,484 (est)
Participations2006$250,000$389,013
Residuals ?2006$448,000$697,111
Interest & Overhead2006$46,400$72,201
Total Expenses2006$1,056,400$1,643,813
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$5,194,672$8,083,178

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