The Pest

1997 | Comedy

Synopsis

A Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter in order to collect $50,000 if he survives.

Scores

Overall Score
49.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
58.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
44.2%
Review Aggregate
37.0

Critic Consensus

5.0% Fresh • 20 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 5% of 20 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, thin plot, political. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

funnythin plotpoliticalcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
John Leguizamo1997$792,000$1,549,000(est)
Jeffrey Jones1997$488,000$953,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score4.0
RT critic review count25
Rotten Tomatoes audience score67.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating4.8
IMDb votes9,658

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1997$3,600,616$7,037,466
International1997N/AN/A
Worldwide1997$3,600,616$7,037,466

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 Revenue1997$1,800,308$3,518,733
Digital Rentals ?1997N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1997N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1997$12,893,000$25,199,589
Physical Purchases ?1997$17,226,000$33,668,512
TV & Streaming Revenue1997$1,440,246$2,814,986
Total Revenues1997$33,359,554$65,201,821
Expenses
Budget ?1997$8,000,000$15,636,137
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1997$2,866,000 (est)$5,601,646 (est)
Participations1997$1,334,000$2,607,326
Residuals ?1997$2,289,000$4,473,890
Interest & Overhead1997$1,600,000$3,127,227
Total Expenses1997$16,089,000$31,446,226
Movie Net Profit or Loss1997$17,270,554$33,755,594

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