Waking the Dead

2000 | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Synopsis

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

Scores

Overall Score
42.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
47.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
25.6%
Review Aggregate
63.0

Critic Consensus

52.1% Fresh • 48 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 52% of 48 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, emotional, character-driven. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticemotionalcharacter-drivenpoliticaltragicvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Billy Crudup2000$409,000$745,000(est)
Jennifer Connelly2000$252,000$459,000(est)
Molly Parker2000$190,000$345,000(est)
Janet McTeer2000$155,000$282,000(est)
Paul Hipp2000$133,000$242,000(est)
Sandra Oh2000$117,000$213,000(est)
Hal Holbrook2000$105,000$191,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score50.0
RT critic review count56
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes7,879

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2000$270,745$493,221
International2000N/AN/A
Worldwide2000$270,745$493,221

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 Revenue2000$135,372$246,611
Digital Rentals ?2000N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2000N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2000$5,528,000$10,070,462
Physical Purchases ?2000$7,372,000$13,429,712
TV & Streaming Revenue2000$121,835$221,950
Total Revenues2000$13,157,208$23,968,734
Expenses
Budget ?2000$8,500,000$15,484,611
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2000$217,000 (est)$395,313 (est)
Participations2000$526,000$958,224
Residuals ?2000$951,000$1,732,455
Interest & Overhead2000$1,700,000$3,096,922
Total Expenses2000$11,894,000$21,667,525
Movie Net Profit or Loss2000$1,263,208$2,301,209

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