This Must Be the Place

2012 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.

Scores

Overall Score
68.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
66.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
74.0%
Review Aggregate
63.5

Critic Consensus

65.1% Fresh • 86 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 65% of 86 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, emotional, thin plot. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

visually strikingemotionalthin plotfunnylightheartedcharacter-driventragicstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sean Penn2012$3,466,000$4,736,000(est)
Frances McDormand2012$2,134,000$2,915,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score66.0
RT critic review count87
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes38,153

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$143,979$196,717
International2012$11,784,930$16,101,623
Worldwide2012$11,928,909$16,298,340

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$4,785,962$6,539,008
Digital Rentals ?2012$2,049,000$2,799,527
Digital Purchases ?2012$921,000$1,258,352
Physical Rentals ?2012$3,247,000$4,436,341
Physical Purchases ?2012$8,023,000$10,961,738
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$71,990$98,358
Total Revenues2012$19,097,951$26,093,324
Expenses
Budget ?2012$28,000,000$38,256,098
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$3,058,000 (est)$4,178,112 (est)
Participations2012$382,000$521,922
Residuals ?2012$940,000$1,284,312
Interest & Overhead2012$4,760,000$6,503,537
Total Expenses2012$37,140,000$50,743,981
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$-18,042,049$-24,650,657

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