The Missing

2003 | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western, Crime, Kidnapping, Past

Synopsis

In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.

Scores

Overall Score
70.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
71.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
78.4%
Review Aggregate
57.3

Critic Consensus

56.4% Fresh • 156 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 56% of 156 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize dark, character-driven, family-friendly. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

darkcharacter-drivenfamily-friendlygrittysuspensefulemotionalpsychologicalvisually strikingchristmasstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Tommy Lee Jones2003$4,695,000$8,004,000(est)
Cate Blanchett2003$2,890,000$4,927,000(est)
Evan Rachel Wood2003$2,176,000$3,709,000(est)
Jenna Boyd2003$1,779,000$3,033,000(est)
Eric Schweig2003$1,522,000$2,594,000(est)
Aaron Eckhart2003$1,339,000$2,283,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score58.0
RT critic review count169
Rotten Tomatoes audience score51.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes40,841

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$27,011,180$46,051,128
International2003$11,353,097$19,355,797
Worldwide2003$38,364,276$65,406,924

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 Revenue2003$18,046,829$30,767,883
Digital Rentals ?2003$90,000$153,440
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$17,904,000$30,524,376
Physical Purchases ?2003$32,664,000$55,688,573
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$6,752,795$11,512,782
Total Revenues2003$75,457,624$128,647,053
Expenses
Budget ?2003$60,000,000$102,293,484
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$19,911,000 (est)$33,946,093 (est)
Participations2003$1,509,000$2,572,681
Residuals ?2003$4,061,000$6,923,564
Interest & Overhead2003$9,000,000$15,344,023
Total Expenses2003$94,481,000$161,079,844
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$-19,023,376$-32,432,790

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