The Salesman

2017 | Drama, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.

Scores

Overall Score
78.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
83.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
68.1%
Review Aggregate
87.0

Critic Consensus

95.9% Fresh • 196 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 96% of 196 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize suspenseful, visually striking, emotional. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

suspensefulvisually strikingemotionaldarkrealisticcharacter-driventhought-provokingpsychologicalpoliticalstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Shahab Hosseini2017$152,000$194,000(est)
Taraneh Alidoosti2017$93,000$119,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score96.0
RT critic review count196
Rotten Tomatoes audience score84.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.7
IMDb votes67,524

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2017$2,402,067$3,074,371
International2017$4,551,537$5,825,448
Worldwide2017$6,953,604$8,899,819

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 Revenue2017$3,021,648$3,867,365
Digital Rentals ?2017$3,330,000$4,262,020
Digital Purchases ?2017$3,716,000$4,756,056
Physical Rentals ?2017$2,484,000$3,179,236
Physical Purchases ?2017$7,135,000$9,131,985
TV & Streaming Revenue2017$960,827$1,229,749
Total Revenues2017$20,647,475$26,426,410
Expenses
Budget ?2017$2,097,000 (est)$2,683,921 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2017$3,844,000 (est)$4,919,881 (est)
Participations2017$826,000$1,057,186
Residuals ?2017$962,000$1,231,250
Interest & Overhead2017$419,400$536,784
Total Expenses2017$8,148,400$10,429,021
Movie Net Profit or Loss2017$12,499,075$15,997,389

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