The Scarlet Letter

1995 | Drama, Romance

Synopsis

An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.

Scores

Overall Score
48.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
54.7%
Review Aggregate
32.8

Critic Consensus

15.6% Fresh • 32 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 16% of 32 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, historical, romantic. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

funnyhistoricalromanticthin plotpacing issuesstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Demi Moore1995$3,599,000$7,408,000(est)
Gary Oldman1995$2,216,000$4,560,000(est)
Robert Duvall1995$1,668,000$3,434,000(est)
Robert Prosky1995$1,364,000$2,807,000(est)
Edward Hardwicke1995$1,167,000$2,401,000(est)
Joan Plowright1995$1,027,000$2,114,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score13.0
RT critic review count38
Rotten Tomatoes audience score41.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating5.3
IMDb votes17,080

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1995$10,382,407$21,371,136
International1995N/AN/A
Worldwide1995$10,382,407$21,371,136

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 Revenue1995$5,191,204$10,685,568
Digital Rentals ?1995N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1995N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1995$21,075,000$43,380,759
Physical Purchases ?1995$21,713,000$44,694,017
TV & Streaming Revenue1995$2,491,778$5,129,073
Total Revenues1995$50,470,981$103,889,416
Expenses
Budget ?1995$46,000,000$94,686,353
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1995$4,626,000 (est)$9,522,154 (est)
Participations1995$1,009,000$2,076,925
Residuals ?1995$3,277,000$6,745,373
Interest & Overhead1995$7,820,000$16,096,680
Total Expenses1995$62,732,000$129,127,485
Movie Net Profit or Loss1995$-12,261,019$-25,238,069

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