The Work and the Story

2003 | Comedy

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

Overall Score
15.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
9.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
1.9%
Review Aggregate
51.2

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

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sunny Deol2003$0$0(est)
Preity Zinta2003$0$0(est)
Priyanka Chopra2003$0$0(est)
Amrish Puri2003$0$0(est)
Kabir Bedi2003$0$0(est)

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 ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$3,233$5,512
International2003N/AN/A
Worldwide2003$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).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2003$1,616$2,756
Digital Rentals ?2003$1,000$1,705
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$159,000$271,078
Physical Purchases ?2003$290,000$494,418
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$10$18
Total Revenues2003$451,627$769,975
Expenses
Budget ?2003$35$60
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$80,000 (est)$136,391 (est)
Participations2003$9,000$15,344
Residuals ?2003$29,000$49,442
Interest & Overhead2003$7$12
Total Expenses2003$118,042$201,249
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$333,585$568,726

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