Synopsis
In his first public interview in more than a decade, pop culture icon of the 1970s and 80s, Werner Erhard breaks his long silence about his ideas, his life and his controversial program "est"that became "the thing" to do among celebrities and middle America and fueled today's multi-billion dollar personal growth industry. With exclusive and rare footage, you'll step inside controversial est seminars, hear provocative interviews with participants, family members, and experts. Viewers will be very surprised to learn how Erhard's transformational ideas are still in the mainstream today-in our language, advertising campaigns and in personal growth seminars yet few people know its origin.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
8.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
23.4%
Critic Consensus
0.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely negative, with 0% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, emotional, visually striking. Many reviews cite uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.
character-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealisticuneven tone
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score83.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes111
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2007 | $49,919 | $75,541 |
| International | 2007 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2007 | $49,919 | $75,541 |
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 | 2007 | $24,960 | $37,770 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2007 | $182,000 | $275,414 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2007 | $68,000 | $102,902 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2007 | $3,130,000 | $4,736,522 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2007 | $7,033,000 | $10,642,799 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2007 | $69,600 | $105,323 |
| Total Revenues | 2007 | $10,507,560 | $15,900,731 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2007 | $232,000 (est) | $351,078 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2007 | $80,000 (est) | $121,061 (est) |
| Participations | 2007 | $420,000 | $635,572 |
| Residuals ? | 2007 | $756,000 | $1,144,029 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2007 | $46,400 | $70,216 |
| Total Expenses | 2007 | $1,534,400 | $2,321,955 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2007 | $8,973,160 | $13,578,776 |
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 | Senna | 2011 | Shared genres: 2 | 75.3 | $18,376,079 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- 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 $0, DVD $6,809,000, BluRay $225,000
- 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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