What Dreams May Come

1998 | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Style, Supernatural, Surreal

Synopsis

Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.

Scores

Overall Score
80.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
84.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
84.0%
Review Aggregate
67.3

Critic Consensus

56.4% Fresh • 55 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 56% of 55 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, thin plot, romantic. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

visually strikingthin plotromanticemotionalmacabrecoming of agepsychologicalsurreal

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Robin Williams1998$8,300,000$15,973,000(est)
Cuba Gooding Jr.1998$5,109,000$9,832,000(est)
Annabella Sciorra1998$3,847,000$7,403,000(est)
Max von Sydow1998$3,145,000$6,053,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score51.0
RT critic review count68
Rotten Tomatoes audience score84.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes118,502

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1998$55,382,927$106,586,652
International1998N/AN/A
Worldwide1998$55,382,927$106,586,652

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 Revenue1998$27,691,464$53,293,326
Digital Rentals ?1998N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1998N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1998$27,658,000$53,228,924
Physical Purchases ?1998$38,692,000$74,464,297
TV & Streaming Revenue1998$13,845,732$26,646,663
Total Revenues1998$107,887,195$207,633,210
Expenses
Budget ?1998$85,000,000$163,585,890
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1998$13,279,000 (est)$25,555,965 (est)
Participations1998$2,158,000$4,153,157
Residuals ?1998$5,565,000$10,710,064
Interest & Overhead1998$12,750,000$24,537,883
Total Expenses1998$118,752,000$228,542,960
Movie Net Profit or Loss1998$-10,864,805$-20,909,750

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