The Last Airbender

2010 | Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, 3D, Adaptation, Cartoon Adaptation, Children's TV Show Adaptation, Martial Arts, Supernatural, Sword and Sorcery, TV Show Adaptation

Synopsis

Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, must master all four elements and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.

Scores

Overall Score
80.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
93.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
96.3%
Review Aggregate
22.2

Critic Consensus

4.7% Fresh • 192 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 5% of 192 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, visually striking, funny. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotvisually strikingfunnypacing issuescharacter-drivenstylizedmacabretragiccoming of agedark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Noah Ringer2010$13,540,000$19,475,000(est)
Dev Patel2010$8,335,000$11,988,000(est)
Nicola Peltz2010$6,275,000$9,026,000(est)
Jackson Rathbone2010$5,131,000$7,380,000(est)
Shaun Toub2010$4,389,000$6,312,000(est)
Aasif Mandvi2010$3,863,000$5,556,000(est)
Cliff Curtis2010$3,468,000$4,988,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score5.0
RT critic review count192
Rotten Tomatoes audience score30.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating3.9
IMDb votes179,403

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$131,772,187$189,532,027
International2010$187,941,694$270,322,372
Worldwide2010$319,713,881$459,854,399

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 Revenue2010$141,062,771$202,894,962
Digital Rentals ?2010$5,662,000$8,143,830
Digital Purchases ?2010$1,651,000$2,374,685
Physical Rentals ?2010$13,291,000$19,116,858
Physical Purchases ?2010$29,773,000$42,823,430
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$36,896,212$53,068,968
Total Revenues2010$228,335,983$328,422,733
Expenses
Budget ?2010$150,000,000$215,749,656
Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source2010$130,000,000$186,983,035
Participations2010$4,567,000$6,568,858
Residuals ?2010$5,244,000$7,542,608
Interest & Overhead2010$18,000,000$25,889,959
Total Expenses2010$307,811,000$442,734,116
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$-79,475,017$-114,311,383

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