Critical Care

Critical Care

“At Memorial Hospital no one ever dies... Until their insurance runs out.”

October 31, 1997R1h 47mTMDB ★ 6.3

Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Studio

Mediaworks

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Critical Care performed

Budget

$12.0M

Worldwide Gross

$271,000

Gross Profit

−$11.7M

Return

0.0× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$39K

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$122K$149K

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.

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