Synopsis
A woman and her seven children live on a farm in Southern France. In spite of the hard work and the mediocre accommodation, their life would be a happy one, but for one person: the owner of the farm an egotistic and authoritarian individual, who is also the lover of the woman and the father of all her children. The farmer handles them as his property, uses them as cheap labour to work in the fields, and denies them the right to leave the farm. It is only the love of the woman for her children that allows them to endure their situation; but even for her, disenchantment has set in.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
64.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
11.8%
Critic Consensus
25.0% Fresh • 4 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely negative, with 25% of 4 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize lighthearted, christmas, character-driven. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.
lightheartedchristmascharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score11.0
RT critic review count9
Rotten Tomatoes audience score55.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes916
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1997 | $51,950 | $101,537 |
| International | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1997 | $51,950 | $101,537 |
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).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1997 | $25,975 | $50,769 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1997 | $2,508,000 | $4,901,929 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1997 | $3,351,000 | $6,549,587 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1997 | $25,975 | $50,769 |
| Total Revenues | 1997 | $5,910,950 | $11,553,053 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1997 | $250,000 (est) | $488,629 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1997 | $80,000 (est) | $156,361 (est) |
| Participations | 1997 | $236,000 | $461,266 |
| Residuals ? | 1997 | $426,000 | $832,624 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1997 | $50,000 | $97,726 |
| Total Expenses | 1997 | $1,042,000 | $2,036,607 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1997 | $4,868,950 | $9,516,446 |
Similar Movies
| Poster | Movie | Year | Match | Overall | Est. Profit |
|---|
 | The Santa Clause | 1994 | Shared genres: 2 | 90.5 | $137,930,084 |
 | Scrooged | 1988 | Shared genres: 2 | 88.4 | $43,078,275 |
 | Last Christmas | 2019 | Shared genres: 2 | 85.7 | $15,027,231 |
 | A Christmas Carol | 2009 | Shared genres: 2 | 85.5 | $-58,357,114 |
 | Bad Santa | 2003 | Shared genres: 2 | 84.5 | $51,758,670 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $3,298,000, DVD $52,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
- reestimate_prior_estimate;covid_mult=1.00;peer_count=0;reg_box_pred=141240;reg_main_pred=469029
Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
Comments
No approved comments yet.