Synopsis
A film journey through a universe of female masculinity. A legendary Drag King Night in New York is the point of departure for an odyssey to transgendered worlds, where women become men - some for a night, others for their whole lives. What motivates them? What changes take place? What do they dream of? The drag kings of New York meet in clubs and change lustfully into their male alter egos, parodying them and exploring male eroticism and power strategies. In London we see women experiment with hormones to become new men and 'cyborgs'. Masculinity and transformation as performance, subversion or existential necessity.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
48.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
11.0%
Critic Consensus
59.5% Fresh • 111 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 59% of 111 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, stylized, historical. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
thin plotstylizedhistoricaltragicdarkmacabrepsychologicalcharacter-driven
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score58.0
RT critic review count119
Rotten Tomatoes audience score50.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes435
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2003 | $18,515 | $31,566 |
| International | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2003 | $18,515 | $31,566 |
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 | $9,258 | $15,783 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2003 | $9,000 | $15,344 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2003 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2003 | $1,769,000 | $3,015,953 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2003 | $3,227,000 | $5,501,684 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2003 | $73,800 | $125,821 |
| Total Revenues | 2003 | $5,088,058 | $8,674,585 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2003 | $246,000 (est) | $419,403 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2003 | $80,000 (est) | $136,391 (est) |
| Participations | 2003 | $204,000 | $347,798 |
| Residuals ? | 2003 | $365,000 | $622,285 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2003 | $49,200 | $83,881 |
| Total Expenses | 2003 | $944,200 | $1,609,758 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2003 | $4,143,858 | $7,064,827 |
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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 $373,000, DVD $2,854,000, 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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