The Son of Joseph

2016 | Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with (Mathieu Amalric) and (Fabrizio Rongione) as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and (Natacha Régnier) as his single mother.

Scores

Overall Score
51.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
76.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
23.7%
Review Aggregate
45.1

Critic Consensus

25.0% Fresh • 20 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 25% of 20 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, suspenseful, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotsuspensefulfunnycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Macaulay Culkin2016$2,013,000$2,631,000(est)
Elijah Wood2016$1,239,000$1,620,000(est)
Wendy Crewson2016$933,000$1,219,000(est)
David Morse2016$763,000$997,000(est)
Jacqueline Brookes2016$652,000$853,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score25.0
RT critic review count28
Rotten Tomatoes audience score54.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes926

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2016$30,588$39,981
International2016$8,186$10,700
Worldwide2016$38,774$50,681

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 Revenue2016$18,568$24,270
Digital Rentals ?2016$988,000$1,291,398
Digital Purchases ?2016$1,007,000$1,316,233
Physical Rentals ?2016$867,000$1,133,241
Physical Purchases ?2016$2,448,000$3,199,740
TV & Streaming Revenue2016$8,400,000$10,979,500
Total Revenues2016$13,728,568$17,944,383
Expenses
Budget ?2016$28,000,000$36,598,332
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2016$80,000 (est)$104,567 (est)
Participations2016$275,000$359,448
Residuals ?2016$701,000$916,265
Interest & Overhead2016$4,760,000$6,221,717
Total Expenses2016$33,816,000$44,200,329
Movie Net Profit or Loss2016$-20,087,432$-26,255,946

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