The Sun Is Also a Star

2019 | Drama, Music, Romance, Adaptation, Book Adaptation, Young Adult Novel Adaptation

Synopsis

A hopeless romantic ambivalent about his future in medical school falls for a hard-luck young woman who doesn't believe in love.

Scores

Overall Score
64.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
63.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
71.5%
Review Aggregate
56.5

Critic Consensus

52.4% Fresh • 105 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 52% of 105 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, coming of age, lighthearted. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticcoming of agelightheartedemotionalcharacter-drivenvisually strikingpoliticalrealisticgrittythought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Yara Shahidi2019$693,000$850,000(est)
Charles Melton2019$426,000$523,000(est)
John Leguizamo2019$321,000$394,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score52.0
RT critic review count105
Rotten Tomatoes audience score60.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating5.9
IMDb votes8,757

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2019$4,950,029$6,072,836
International2019$1,800,000$2,208,291
Worldwide2019$6,750,029$8,281,126

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 Revenue2019$3,195,014$3,919,734
Digital Rentals ?2019$3,687,000$4,523,316
Digital Purchases ?2019$4,404,000$5,402,952
Physical Rentals ?2019$1,669,000$2,047,576
Physical Purchases ?2019$4,802,000$5,891,229
TV & Streaming Revenue2019$1,980,012$2,429,134
Total Revenues2019$19,737,026$24,213,942
Expenses
Budget ?2019$9,000,000$11,041,455
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2019$6,413,000 (est)$7,867,650 (est)
Participations2019$789,000$967,968
Residuals ?2019$805,000$987,597
Interest & Overhead2019$1,800,000$2,208,291
Total Expenses2019$18,807,000$23,072,960
Movie Net Profit or Loss2019$930,026$1,140,982

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