The Moth Diaries

2012 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Vampire

Synopsis

Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?

Scores

Overall Score
43.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
44.8%
Review Aggregate
24.7

Critic Consensus

11.1% Fresh • 45 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 11% of 45 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, character-driven, thin plot. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

coming of agecharacter-driventhin plotsuspensefulfamily-friendlydarkscary

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Lily Cole2012$5,000$7,000(est)
Sarah Gadon2012$3,000$4,000(est)
Sarah Bolger2012$2,000$3,000(est)
Judy Parfitt2012$2,000$3,000(est)
Scott Speedman2012$2,000$2,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score11.0
RT critic review count46
Rotten Tomatoes audience score23.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating4.9
IMDb votes7,084

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$3,838$5,244
International2012$409,197$559,081
Worldwide2012$413,035$564,325

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 Revenue2012$165,598$226,254
Digital Rentals ?2012$121,000$165,321
Digital Purchases ?2012$54,000$73,780
Physical Rentals ?2012$191,000$260,961
Physical Purchases ?2012$472,000$644,889
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$136,200$186,089
Total Revenues2012$1,139,798$1,557,293
Expenses
Budget ?2012$454,000 (est)$620,295 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$330,000 (est)$450,875 (est)
Participations2012$23,000$31,425
Residuals ?2012$56,000$76,512
Interest & Overhead2012$90,800$124,059
Total Expenses2012$953,800$1,303,167
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$185,998$254,127

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