The Understudy

2012 | Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.

Scores

Overall Score
20.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
5.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
16.1%
Review Aggregate
62.7

Critic Consensus

33.3% Fresh • 3 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 33% of 3 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize dark, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

darkthin plotfunnycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Marin Ireland2012$0$0(est)
Paul Sparks2012$0$0(est)
Aasif Mandvi2012$0$0(est)
Kelli Giddish2012$0$0(est)
Richard Kind2012$0$0(est)
Neko Parham2012$0$0(est)
Scott Cohen2012$0$0(est)
Reiko Aylesworth2012$0$0(est)
David Melville2012$0$0(est)
Gloria Reuben2012$0$0(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count3
Rotten Tomatoes audience score71.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating5.1
IMDb votes186

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$17,036$23,276
International2012N/AN/A
Worldwide2012$17,036$23,276

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$8,518$11,638
Digital Rentals ?2012$615,000$840,268
Digital Purchases ?2012$276,000$377,096
Physical Rentals ?2012$975,000$1,332,132
Physical Purchases ?2012$2,408,000$3,290,025
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$74,100$101,242
Total Revenues2012$4,356,618$5,952,400
Expenses
Budget ?2012$247,000 (est)$337,473 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$80,000 (est)$109,303 (est)
Participations2012$174,000$237,734
Residuals ?2012$278,000$379,828
Interest & Overhead2012$49,400$67,495
Total Expenses2012$828,400$1,131,834
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$3,528,218$4,820,566

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