The Salt of Life

2012 | Comedy, Romance, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Gianni is a retiree who has become invisible to most everyone around him. In response, he tries his best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life.

Scores

Overall Score
47.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
29.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
60.3%
Review Aggregate
65.5

Critic Consensus

84.0% Fresh • 50 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 84% of 50 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize lighthearted, funny, gritty. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

lightheartedfunnygrittyromanticcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Gianni Di Gregorio2012$48,000$66,000(est)
Valeria De Franciscis2012$30,000$41,000(est)
Teresa Di Gregorio2012$22,000$31,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score84.0
RT critic review count50
Rotten Tomatoes audience score46.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes1,883

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$317,405$433,667
International2012$2,533,447$3,461,421
Worldwide2012$2,850,852$3,895,088

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 Revenue2012$1,172,081$1,601,402
Digital Rentals ?2012$2,210,000$3,019,499
Digital Purchases ?2012$994,000$1,358,091
Physical Rentals ?2012$3,503,000$4,786,111
Physical Purchases ?2012$8,654,000$11,823,866
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$142,832$195,150
Total Revenues2012$16,675,914$22,784,120
Expenses
Budget ?2012$2,268,000 (est)$3,098,744 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$2,011,000 (est)$2,747,608 (est)
Participations2012$667,000$911,315
Residuals ?2012$1,018,000$1,390,882
Interest & Overhead2012$453,600$619,749
Total Expenses2012$6,417,600$8,768,297
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$10,258,314$14,015,823

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