White Material

2010 | Drama, War, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.

Scores

Overall Score
56.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
52.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
51.8%
Review Aggregate
74.0

Critic Consensus

86.0% Fresh • 93 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 86% of 93 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, suspenseful, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

thin plotsuspensefulvisually strikingthought-provokingdarkscaryfamily-friendlyrealisticgrittytragic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Isabelle Huppert2010$624,000$897,000(est)
Christophe Lambert2010$384,000$552,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score86.0
RT critic review count95
Rotten Tomatoes audience score64.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes8,814

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$304,020$437,281
International2010$1,088,414$1,565,500
Worldwide2010$1,392,434$2,002,781

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 Revenue2010$587,376$844,841
Digital Rentals ?2010$2,217,000$3,188,780
Digital Purchases ?2010$646,000$929,162
Physical Rentals ?2010$5,205,000$7,486,513
Physical Purchases ?2010$11,659,000$16,769,502
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$136,809$196,777
Total Revenues2010$20,451,185$29,415,574
Expenses
Budget ?2010$6,300,000$9,061,486
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$1,114,000 (est)$1,602,301 (est)
Participations2010$818,000$1,176,555
Residuals ?2010$1,361,000$1,957,569
Interest & Overhead2010$1,260,000$1,812,297
Total Expenses2010$10,853,000$15,610,207
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$9,598,185$13,805,367

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