On the Way to School

2015 | Documentary

Synopsis

Jackson, the Kenyan; Carlito, the Argentinian; Zahira, the Moroccan; Samuel, the Indian: four children who live light years away from each other and who have never met but who have a common point: they have to cover tremendously long distances to reach their school. On foot, on horseback or in a wheelchair, but all with an extraordinary determination...

Scores

Overall Score
39.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
20.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
44.3%
Review Aggregate
74.2

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, emotional, visually striking. Many reviews cite uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

character-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealisticuneven tone

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score75.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes1,345

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$7,424$9,827
International2015$533,234$705,804
Worldwide2015$540,658$715,630

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 Revenue2015$217,006$287,235
Digital Rentals ?2015$300,000$397,089
Digital Purchases ?2015$315,000$416,943
Physical Rentals ?2015$341,000$451,357
Physical Purchases ?2015$913,000$1,208,473
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$178,500$236,268
Total Revenues2015$2,264,506$2,997,365
Expenses
Budget ?2015$595,000 (est)$787,559 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$220,000 (est)$291,198 (est)
Participations2015$91,000$120,450
Residuals ?2015$111,000$146,923
Interest & Overhead2015$119,000$157,512
Total Expenses2015$1,136,000$1,503,642
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$1,128,506$1,493,722

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