The Face Reader

2013 | Action, Drama, History, Foreign Language

Synopsis

About Nae-kyung who is able to assess the personality, mental state and habits of a person by looking at his face. Because of his abilities, he gets involved in a power struggle between Prince Sooyang and Kim Jong-Seo.

Scores

Overall Score
56.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
32.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
84.8%
Review Aggregate
61.6

Critic Consensus

N/A • 0 critic reviews

No professional critic quote data was available to synthesize a consensus summary.

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Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Song Kang-ho2013$883,000$1,189,000(est)
Lee Jung-jae2013$544,000$732,000(est)
Baek Yoon-sik2013$409,000$551,000(est)
Jo Jung-suk2013$335,000$450,000(est)
Lee Jong-suk2013$286,000$385,000(est)
Kim Hye-soo2013$252,000$339,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count0
Rotten Tomatoes audience score57.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes3,115

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$515,876$694,551
International2013$61,043,308$82,185,779
Worldwide2013$61,559,184$82,880,330

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$24,675,261$33,221,587
Digital Rentals ?2013$2,552,000$3,435,890
Digital Purchases ?2013$1,526,000$2,054,533
Physical Rentals ?2013$3,298,000$4,440,269
Physical Purchases ?2013$8,546,000$11,505,924
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$216,668$291,711
Total Revenues2013$40,813,929$54,949,915
Expenses
Budget ?2013$15,344,000 (est)$20,658,425 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$6,537,000 (est)$8,801,103 (est)
Participations2013$1,633,000$2,198,593
Residuals ?2013$1,022,000$1,375,972
Interest & Overhead2013$3,068,800$4,131,685
Total Expenses2013$27,604,800$37,165,777
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$13,209,129$17,784,137

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