Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1998) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.

Scores

Overall Score

34.7

Popularity Percentile (Year)

33.1%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

5.8%

Review Aggregate

88.8

Critic Consensus

100.0% Fresh • 5 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 5 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, political, tragic. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score91.0

RT critic review count11

Rotten Tomatoes audience score92.0

RT audience rating count2,500

IMDb rating8.1

IMDb votes8,581

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	1998	$17,676	$34,018
International	1998	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	1998	$17,676	$34,018

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	1998	$8,838	$17,009
Digital Rentals ?	1998	N/A	N/A
Digital Purchases ?	1998	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	1998	$735,000	$1,414,537
Physical Purchases ?	1998	$1,029,000	$1,980,352
TV & Streaming Revenue	1998	$75,000	$144,340
Total Revenues	1998	$1,847,838	$3,556,238
Expenses
Budget ?	1998	$250,000 (est)	$481,135 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	1998	$80,000 (est)	$153,963 (est)
Participations	1998	$74,000	$142,416
Residuals ?	1998	$125,000	$240,567
Interest & Overhead	1998	$50,000	$96,227
Total Expenses	1998	$579,000	$1,114,309
Movie Net Profit or Loss	1998	$1,268,838	$2,441,929

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Comrades: Almost a Love Story