The Romantics

2010 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Seven close friends reunite for the wedding of two of their friends. Problems arise because the bride and the maid of honor have had a long rivalry over the groom.

Scores

Overall Score
42.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
54.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
36.5%
Review Aggregate
25.4

Critic Consensus

14.7% Fresh • 34 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 15% of 34 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, gritty, uplifting. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticgrittyupliftingcharacter-drivencoming of agenoirstylizedthin plotemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Katie Holmes2010$181,000$261,000(est)
Josh Duhamel2010$112,000$161,000(est)
Anna Paquin2010$84,000$121,000(est)
Malin Åkerman2010$69,000$99,000(est)
Adam Brody2010$59,000$85,000(est)
Dianna Agron2010$52,000$74,000(est)
Jeremy Strong2010$46,000$67,000(est)
Rebecca Lawrence2010$42,000$61,000(est)
Candice Bergen2010$39,000$56,000(est)
Elijah Wood2010$36,000$52,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score14.0
RT critic review count35
Rotten Tomatoes audience score21.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating5.0
IMDb votes12,746

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$106,524$153,217
International2010$84,495$121,532
Worldwide2010$191,019$274,749

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$87,060$125,221
Digital Rentals ?2010$1,550,000$2,229,413
Digital Purchases ?2010$452,000$650,126
Physical Rentals ?2010$3,637,000$5,231,210
Physical Purchases ?2010$8,148,000$11,719,521
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$53,262$76,608
Total Revenues2010$13,927,322$20,032,100
Expenses
Budget ?2010$4,500,000$6,472,490
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$153,000 (est)$220,065 (est)
Participations2010$557,000$801,150
Residuals ?2010$947,000$1,362,100
Interest & Overhead2010$900,000$1,294,498
Total Expenses2010$7,057,000$10,150,302
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$6,870,322$9,881,797

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