Vulgar

2002 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

A man who performs as a children's birthday party clown tries to piece his life back together after being gang-raped.

Scores

Overall Score
28.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
39.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
9.4%
Review Aggregate
36.1

Critic Consensus

25.0% Fresh • 24 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 25% of 24 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, coming of age, character-driven. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotcoming of agecharacter-drivensuspensefulemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Brian O'Halloran2002$7,000$12,000(est)
Bryan Johnson2002$4,000$7,000(est)
Jerry Lewkowitz2002$3,000$6,000(est)
Ethan Suplee2002$3,000$5,000(est)
Matthew Maher2002$2,000$4,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score22.0
RT critic review count27
Rotten Tomatoes audience score41.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating5.2
IMDb votes4,384

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2002$15,927$27,773
International2002N/AN/A
Worldwide2002$15,927$27,773

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 Revenue2002$7,964$13,886
Digital Rentals ?2002$1,000$1,744
Digital Purchases ?2002N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2002$1,223,000$2,132,602
Physical Purchases ?2002$2,281,000$3,977,486
TV & Streaming Revenue2002$36,000$62,775
Total Revenues2002$3,548,964$6,188,493
Expenses
Budget ?2002$120,000$209,250
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2002$80,000 (est)$139,500 (est)
Participations2002$142,000$247,612
Residuals ?2002$252,000$439,424
Interest & Overhead2002$24,000$41,850
Total Expenses2002$618,000$1,077,635
Movie Net Profit or Loss2002$2,930,964$5,110,857

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