Synopsis
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
6.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
3.0%
Critic Consensus
76.5% Fresh • 17 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 76% of 17 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, stylized, political. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
visually strikingstylizedpoliticalsuspensefulupliftinggritty
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score74.0
RT critic review count19
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes215
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2007 | $3,384 | $5,121 |
| International | 2007 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2007 | $3,384 | $5,121 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2007 | $1,692 | $2,560 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2007 | $19,000 | $28,752 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2007 | $7,000 | $10,593 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2007 | $321,000 | $485,758 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2007 | $722,000 | $1,092,578 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2007 | $75,000 | $113,495 |
| Total Revenues | 2007 | $1,145,692 | $1,733,737 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2007 | $250,000 (est) | $378,316 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2007 | $80,000 (est) | $121,061 (est) |
| Participations | 2007 | $23,000 | $34,805 |
| Residuals ? | 2007 | $73,000 | $110,468 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2007 | $50,000 | $75,663 |
| Total Expenses | 2007 | $476,000 | $720,315 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2007 | $669,692 | $1,013,422 |
Similar Movies
| Poster | Movie | Year | Match | Overall | Est. Profit |
|---|
 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2004 | Shared genres: 2 | 87.4 | $149,890,765 |
 | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | Shared genres: 2 | 86.1 | $62,944,215 |
 | Sicko | 2007 | Shared genres: 2 | 84.8 | $42,129,029 |
 | An Inconvenient Truth | 2006 | Shared genres: 2 | 82.0 | $62,959,499 |
 | Citizenfour | 2014 | Shared genres: 2 | 75.1 | $19,458,712 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $699,000, BluRay $23,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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