Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2011 | Drama, Fantasy, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.

Scores

Overall Score
59.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
59.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.3%
Review Aggregate
74.1

Critic Consensus

90.2% Fresh • 102 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 90% of 102 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize stylized, lighthearted, surreal. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

stylizedlightheartedsurrealvisually strikingemotionalthought-provokingfunnysatiricalmacabre

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Thanapat Saisaymar2011$21,000$29,000(est)
Jenjira Pongpas2011$13,000$18,000(est)
Sakda Kaewbuadee2011$10,000$13,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score90.0
RT critic review count103
Rotten Tomatoes audience score61.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes18,495

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2011$184,292$257,058
International2011$1,027,914$1,433,778
Worldwide2011$1,212,206$1,690,836

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 Revenue2011$503,312$702,040
Digital Rentals ?2011$2,065,000$2,880,349
Digital Purchases ?2011$664,000$926,175
Physical Rentals ?2011$3,778,000$5,269,714
Physical Purchases ?2011$9,009,000$12,566,133
TV & Streaming Revenue2011$82,931$115,676
Total Revenues2011$16,102,243$22,460,087
Expenses
Budget ?2011$387,000 (est)$539,804 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2011$394,000 (est)$549,568 (est)
Participations2011$644,000$898,278
Residuals ?2011$1,050,000$1,464,584
Interest & Overhead2011$77,400$107,961
Total Expenses2011$2,552,400$3,560,195
Movie Net Profit or Loss2011$13,549,843$18,899,892

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