What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993 | Drama

Synopsis

A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.

Scores

Overall Score
80.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
97.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
54.2%
Review Aggregate
86.4

Critic Consensus

N/A • 0 critic reviews

No professional critic quote data was available to synthesize a consensus summary.

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Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Johnny Depp1993$717,000$1,557,000(est)
Juliette Lewis1993$442,000$958,000(est)
Mary Steenburgen1993$332,000$722,000(est)
Leonardo DiCaprio1993$272,000$590,000(est)
Darlene Cates1993$232,000$505,000(est)
John C. Reilly1993$205,000$444,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score90.0
RT critic review count52
Rotten Tomatoes audience score89.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating7.7
IMDb votes264,192

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1993$10,032,765$21,780,474
International1993N/AN/A
Worldwide1993$10,032,765$21,780,474

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 Revenue1993$5,016,382$10,890,237
Digital Rentals ?1993N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1993N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1993$27,610,000$59,939,497
Physical Purchases ?1993$22,186,000$48,164,349
TV & Streaming Revenue1993$2,407,864$5,227,314
Total Revenues1993$57,220,246$124,221,397
Expenses
Budget ?1993$11,000,000$23,880,278
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1993$4,381,000 (est)$9,510,863 (est)
Participations1993$4,578,000$9,938,537
Residuals ?1993$3,791,000$8,230,012
Interest & Overhead1993$2,200,000$4,776,056
Total Expenses1993$25,950,000$56,335,746
Movie Net Profit or Loss1993$31,270,246$67,885,651

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