The Lunchbox

2013 · Movie · PG

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Made first for older women 1

The Lunchbox's audience scores lean most toward older women at 71 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 6 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.

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    Audience scoreolder women 71 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 6 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder WomenOlder Women71
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Women
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
29
Young Women
58
Older Men
42
Older Women
71
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Audience Representation

White
48
Black
50
Hispanic
50
Asian
50
South Asian
60
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
50
Mixed
46
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Synopsis

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.


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Cast & Crew

Michael Simmonds (director) · Ritesh Batra (director)