The Fifth Estate
2013 2h 8m movie Film India

The Fifth Estate

“You can't expose the world's secrets without exposing yourself”

Synopsis

“You can't expose the world's secrets without exposing yourself”

A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

Audience Engagement

932
Reviews
99th
Review-volume percentile
96th
Popularity percentile

932 audience reviews — more than 99% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among India films.

Other Titles From Participant

Drama + Thriller in India

149 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Fifth Estate itself).

The 2012–2014 India Window

The Fifth Estate holds position #151 of 262 India films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Mahabharat
    #1

    Mahabharat

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  2. Sathuranga Vettai
    #2

    Sathuranga Vettai

    ★ 8.3 · 2014
  3. Madras
    #3

    Madras

    ★ 8.1 · 2014
  4. Punjab 1984
    #4

    Punjab 1984

    ★ 8.1 · 2014
  5. Bhooter Bhabishyat
    #5

    Bhooter Bhabishyat

    ★ 7.9 · 2012
  6. Ulidavaru Kandanthe
    #6

    Ulidavaru Kandanthe

    ★ 7.8 · 2014
  7. The Trap
    #7

    The Trap

    ★ 7.8 · 2014
  8. Drushyam
    #8

    Drushyam

    ★ 7.8 · 2014

The 2010s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Fifth Estate premiered alongside 100 others.

'1070'1163'1269'13101'1492'1595'1695'17124'18104'19106

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$28.0M
Budget
$8.6M
Revenue
Net Profit
0.3×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 8m runtime, production spent $219K per minute on screen and earned $67K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 100 other India films in 2013.

The 1024th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Fifth Estate, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • activist · 3
  • information leak · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • journalist · 17
  • internet · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • biography · 75

Reception Benchmarks

6.0
TMDB Rating
932
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,305 of 1,983 India films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.4 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #819 of 1,132 (top 72%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
All Production CountriesIndia, Belgium, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesParticipant, Reliance Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Anonymous Content, DreamWorks Pictures
Runtime2h 8m
Release DateOctober 11, 2013
IMDbtt1837703