When the Bough Breaks

2016 | Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.

Scores

Overall Score
61.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
58.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
80.4%
Review Aggregate
33.5

Critic Consensus

12.0% Fresh • 25 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 12% of 25 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, suspenseful, character-driven. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotsuspensefulcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Morris Chestnut2016$652,000$852,000(est)
Regina Hall2016$401,000$525,000(est)
Jaz Sinclair2016$302,000$395,000(est)
Romany Malco2016$247,000$323,000(est)
Michael K. Williams2016$211,000$276,000(est)
Theo Rossi2016$186,000$243,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score12.0
RT critic review count25
Rotten Tomatoes audience score45.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating5.2
IMDb votes8,648

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2016$29,747,604$38,882,597
International2016$910,784$1,190,471
Worldwide2016$30,658,388$40,073,068

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 Revenue2016$15,238,116$19,917,487
Digital Rentals ?2016$3,726,000$4,870,193
Digital Purchases ?2016$3,798,000$4,964,303
Physical Rentals ?2016$3,271,000$4,275,470
Physical Purchases ?2016$9,231,000$12,065,686
TV & Streaming Revenue2016$7,139,425$9,331,823
Total Revenues2016$42,403,541$55,424,961
Expenses
Budget ?2016$10,000,000$13,070,833
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2016$12,500,000 (est)$16,338,542 (est)
Participations2016$1,696,000$2,216,813
Residuals ?2016$1,492,000$1,950,168
Interest & Overhead2016$2,000,000$2,614,167
Total Expenses2016$27,688,000$36,190,523
Movie Net Profit or Loss2016$14,715,541$19,234,438

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