High Road to China

1983 | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Past

Synopsis

Just after WW1, alcoholic American biplane pilot Patrick O'Malley is hired by Eve Tozer, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, to locate her father, who disappeared somewhere in Asia.

Scores

Overall Score
57.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
37.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
79.5%
Review Aggregate
62.3

Critic Consensus

0.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 0% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, romantic, emotional. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

character-drivenromanticemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Tom Selleck1983$903,000$2,843,000(est)
Bess Armstrong1983$556,000$1,750,000(est)
Jack Weston1983$418,000$1,318,000(est)
Wilford Brimley1983$342,000$1,077,000(est)
Robert Morley1983$293,000$922,000(est)
Brian Blessed1983$258,000$811,000(est)
Cassandra Gava1983$231,000$728,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count4
Rotten Tomatoes audience score64.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.0
IMDb votes6,344

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1983$28,445,927$89,593,246
International1983N/AN/A
Worldwide1983$28,445,927$89,593,246

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).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1983$14,222,964$44,796,623
Digital Rentals ?1983N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1983N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1983$9,382,000$29,549,532
Physical Purchases ?1983$6,484,000$20,421,996
TV & Streaming Revenue1983$7,111,482$22,398,311
Total Revenues1983$37,200,445$117,166,463
Expenses
Budget ?1983$15,000,000$47,243,976
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1983$6,239,000 (est)$19,650,344 (est)
Participations1983$1,488,000$4,686,602
Residuals ?1983$1,506,000$4,743,295
Interest & Overhead1983$3,000,000$9,448,795
Total Expenses1983$27,233,000$85,773,013
Movie Net Profit or Loss1983$9,967,445$31,393,450

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