The Exterminating Angels

2007 | Drama, Fantasy, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.

Scores

Overall Score
36.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
36.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
32.7%
Review Aggregate
44.6

Critic Consensus

46.5% Fresh • 43 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 47% of 43 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, surreal, funny. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

visually strikingsurrealfunnyrealisticthought-provokingtragicstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Frédéric van den Driessche2007$2,000$3,000(est)
Maroussia Dubreuil2007$1,000$2,000(est)
Lise Bellynck2007$1,000$2,000(est)
Marie Allan2007$1,000$1,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score49.0
RT critic review count45
Rotten Tomatoes audience score33.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating5.4
IMDb votes3,526

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$23,308$35,271
International2007$130,902$198,090
Worldwide2007$154,210$233,361

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 Revenue2007$64,015$96,871
Digital Rentals ?2007$145,000$219,424
Digital Purchases ?2007$54,000$81,716
Physical Rentals ?2007$2,492,000$3,771,058
Physical Purchases ?2007$5,599,000$8,472,775
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$75,000$113,495
Total Revenues2007$8,429,015$12,755,340
Expenses
Budget ?2007$250,000 (est)$378,316 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$123,000 (est)$186,132 (est)
Participations2007$337,000$509,971
Residuals ?2007$601,000$909,473
Interest & Overhead2007$50,000$75,663
Total Expenses2007$1,361,000$2,059,555
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$7,068,015$10,695,785

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