The Oxford Murders

2010 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

Scores

Overall Score
59.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
61.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
70.2%
Review Aggregate
36.0

Critic Consensus

23.1% Fresh • 13 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 23% of 13 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, emotional, visually striking. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotemotionalvisually strikingsuspensefulcharacter-driventhought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Elijah Wood2010$1,147,000$1,650,000(est)
John Hurt2010$706,000$1,016,000(est)
Leonor Watling2010$532,000$765,000(est)
Julie Cox2010$435,000$625,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score23.0
RT critic review count13
Rotten Tomatoes audience score33.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes31,505

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$4,803$6,908
International2010$17,641,824$25,374,782
Worldwide2010$17,646,628$25,381,692

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$7,059,131$10,153,367
Digital Rentals ?2010$161,000$231,571
Digital Purchases ?2010$47,000$67,602
Physical Rentals ?2010$378,000$543,689
Physical Purchases ?2010$846,000$1,216,828
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$4,230,000$6,084,140
Total Revenues2010$12,721,131$18,297,197
Expenses
Budget ?2010$14,100,000$20,280,467
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$1,241,000 (est)$1,784,969 (est)
Participations2010$254,000$365,336
Residuals ?2010$293,000$421,431
Interest & Overhead2010$2,820,000$4,056,093
Total Expenses2010$18,708,000$26,908,296
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$-5,986,869$-8,611,099

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