The Story of Film: A New Generation

2022 | Documentary

Synopsis

Mark Cousins offers hope and optimism while he explores different movies and talks about how technology is changing the course of cinema in a new century and how Covid continues the process.

Scores

Overall Score
34.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
29.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
14.9%
Review Aggregate
77.7

Critic Consensus

75.0% Fresh • 12 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 75% of 12 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, visually striking, political. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnyvisually strikingpoliticalsatiricalcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Vladimir Epifantsev2022$539,000$577,000(est)
Mikhail Yefremov2022$332,000$355,000(est)
Andrei Fomin2022$250,000$268,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score75.0
RT critic review count12
Rotten Tomatoes audience score84.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes922

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2022$6,463$6,927
International2022$13,368$14,327
Worldwide2022$19,831$21,254

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 Revenue2022$8,579$9,194
Digital Rentals ?2022$239,000$256,147
Digital Purchases ?2022$361,000$386,900
Physical Rentals ?2022$65,000$69,663
Physical Purchases ?2022$200,000$214,349
TV & Streaming Revenue2022$2,100,000$2,250,666
Total Revenues2022$2,973,579$3,186,920
Expenses
Budget ?2022$7,000,000$7,502,221
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2022$80,000 (est)$85,740 (est)
Participations2022$59,000$63,233
Residuals ?2022$135,000$144,686
Interest & Overhead2022$1,400,000$1,500,444
Total Expenses2022$8,674,000$9,296,323
Movie Net Profit or Loss2022$-5,700,421$-6,109,403

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