The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Adaptation, Book Adaptation, IMAX, Supernatural, Young Adult Novel Adaptation

Synopsis

When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World.

Scores

Overall Score
77.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
86.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
88.5%
Review Aggregate
40.0

Critic Consensus

13.5% Fresh • 126 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 13% of 126 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, coming of age, romantic. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotcoming of ageromanticstylizeddarkscarypacing issuesvisually strikingcharacter-drivenfamily-friendly

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Lily Collins2013$3,323,000$4,474,000(est)
Jamie Campbell Bower2013$2,046,000$2,754,000(est)
Robert Sheehan2013$1,540,000$2,074,000(est)
Kevin Zegers2013$1,259,000$1,695,000(est)
Lena Headey2013$1,077,000$1,450,000(est)
Kevin Durand2013$948,000$1,276,000(est)
Aidan Turner2013$851,000$1,146,000(est)
Jemima West2013$775,000$1,044,000(est)
Godfrey Gao2013$714,000$961,000(est)
CCH Pounder2013$663,000$893,000(est)
Jared Harris2013$620,000$835,000(est)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers2013$584,000$786,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score13.0
RT critic review count126
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating5.8
IMDb votes141,739

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$31,165,421$41,959,625
International2013$64,231,152$86,477,736
Worldwide2013$95,396,573$128,437,360

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$41,275,171$55,570,907
Digital Rentals ?2013$4,547,000$6,121,862
Digital Purchases ?2013$2,719,000$3,660,731
Physical Rentals ?2013$5,878,000$7,913,857
Physical Purchases ?2013$15,230,000$20,504,940
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$7,791,355$10,489,906
Total Revenues2013$77,440,527$104,262,202
Expenses
Budget ?2013$60,000,000$80,781,116
Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source2013$60,000,000$80,781,116
Participations2013$1,549,000$2,085,499
Residuals ?2013$2,184,000$2,940,433
Interest & Overhead2013$9,000,000$12,117,167
Total Expenses2013$132,733,000$178,705,331
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$-55,292,473$-74,443,128

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