Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Little Fish (2021) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Soko, Raúl Castillo, David Lennon, Mackenzie Cardwell DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sean McElwee MUSIC: Keegan DeWitt PRODUCTION: Automatik Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment, Black Bear Pictures, Tango Entertainment

Box Office Performance

Little Fish earned $39,053 domestically, for a worldwide total of $39,053. The film skewed heavily domestic (100%), suggesting strong North American appeal.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In March 2019, it was announced that Chad Hartigan would direct a film adaptation of Aja Gabel's short story "Little Fish", with Mattson Tomlin writing the screenplay, and Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo and Soko starring. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Rian Cahill, Tim Headington, Lia Buman, Chris Ferguson and Tomlin were set to produce the film, while Cooke, Fred Berger, Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman, Michael Heimler and Max Silva would serve as executive producers under their Black Bear Pictures, Automatik, Tango Entertainment and Oddfellows Entertainment banners, respectively.

Principal photography took place from March 11 to April 12, 2019, in British Columbia, Canada.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 5 nominations total

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 91% approval rating based on 80 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Tough but stirring, Little Fish uses one couple's pandemic love story to illustrate the strength of human connection in trying times." According to Metacritic, which sampled eleven critics and calculated a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable" reviews.