Synopsis
It is July, 2000 Richard Dutcher, the man who pioneered "Mormon Cinema" with his film "God's Army" is MISSING and PRESUMED DEAD!! Three amateur Mormon Filmmakers: Judy Shumway, Peter Beuhmann and Kevin Evans individually set out to make their first feature-length films to take Dutcher's place as the next "Mormon Spielberg". Who will win? Who will lose? Who will find Richard? And does EVERYONE WANT RICHARD FOUND!!? These questions and many laughs are sure to be found in the movie "THE WORK and THE STORY" COMING SPRING 2003.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
9.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
1.9%
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 funny, thin plot, character-driven. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.
funnythin plotcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count3
Rotten Tomatoes audience score50.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating5.3
IMDb votes111
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2003 | $3,233 | $5,512 |
| International | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2003 | $3,233 | $5,512 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2003 | $1,616 | $2,756 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2003 | $1,000 | $1,705 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2003 | $159,000 | $271,078 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2003 | $290,000 | $494,418 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2003 | $10 | $18 |
| Total Revenues | 2003 | $451,627 | $769,975 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2003 | $35 | $60 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2003 | $80,000 (est) | $136,391 (est) |
| Participations | 2003 | $9,000 | $15,344 |
| Residuals ? | 2003 | $29,000 | $49,442 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2003 | $7 | $12 |
| Total Expenses | 2003 | $118,042 | $201,249 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2003 | $333,585 | $568,726 |
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 | Aladdin | 1992 | Shared genres: 1 | 97.7 | $232,328,119 |
 | Up | 2009 | Shared genres: 1 | 97.7 | $103,203,496 |
Tooltips
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $34,000, DVD $256,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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