Water Lilies

2008 | Drama, Romance, Foreign Language, Homosexual Theme, LGBTQ Theme

Synopsis

A love triangle forms among three adolescent girls who meet at a local pool over summer break and each desires the love of another.

Scores

Overall Score
52.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
43.6%
Review Aggregate
72.9

Critic Consensus

82.6% Fresh • 46 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 46 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize coming of age, gritty, suspenseful. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

coming of agegrittysuspensefulemotionalromanticsatiricalstylizedthought-provokingvisually strikinglighthearted

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Pauline Acquart2008$131,000$191,000(est)
Louise Blachère2008$81,000$117,000(est)
Adèle Haenel2008$61,000$88,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score81.0
RT critic review count48
Rotten Tomatoes audience score68.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes14,978

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$85,440$124,489
International2008$542,818$790,906
Worldwide2008$628,258$915,395

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 Revenue2008$259,847$378,607
Digital Rentals ?2008$529,000$770,772
Digital Purchases ?2008$188,000$273,923
Physical Rentals ?2008$4,380,000$6,381,821
Physical Purchases ?2008$9,076,000$13,224,065
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$42,720$62,245
Total Revenues2008$14,475,567$21,091,433
Expenses
Budget ?2008$1,700,000$2,476,962
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$503,000 (est)$732,889 (est)
Participations2008$579,000$843,624
Residuals ?2008$1,017,000$1,481,806
Interest & Overhead2008$340,000$495,392
Total Expenses2008$4,139,000$6,030,675
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$10,336,567$15,060,758

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