The Muppets

2011 | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Adaptation, Animal, Children, Puppetry, Rodent, TV Show Adaptation

Synopsis

A Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.

Scores

Overall Score
86.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
83.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
92.9%
Review Aggregate
83.8

Critic Consensus

94.7% Fresh • 225 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 95% of 225 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, family-friendly, lighthearted. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnyfamily-friendlylightheartedemotionalstylizedsatiricalchristmascharacter-drivencoming of agehistorical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jason Segel2011$4,394,000$6,129,000(est)
Amy Adams2011$2,705,000$3,773,000(est)
Chris Cooper2011$2,036,000$2,840,000(est)
Rashida Jones2011$1,665,000$2,322,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score95.0
RT critic review count228
Rotten Tomatoes audience score80.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes99,576

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2011$88,631,240$123,626,589
International2011$76,553,000$106,779,351
Worldwide2011$165,184,240$230,405,940

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 Revenue2011$74,936,820$104,525,035
Digital Rentals ?2011$5,088,000$7,096,957
Digital Purchases ?2011$1,635,000$2,280,567
Physical Rentals ?2011$9,309,000$12,984,586
Physical Purchases ?2011$22,198,000$30,962,706
TV & Streaming Revenue2011$22,157,810$30,906,647
Total Revenues2011$135,324,630$188,756,497
Expenses
Budget ?2011$45,000,000$62,767,897
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2011$56,250,000 (est)$78,459,871 (est)
Participations2011$5,413,000$7,550,281
Residuals ?2011$3,654,000$5,096,753
Interest & Overhead2011$7,650,000$10,670,542
Total Expenses2011$117,967,000$164,545,344
Movie Net Profit or Loss2011$17,357,630$24,211,154

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