Tears of the Sun

2003 | Action, Drama, Thriller, War

Synopsis

A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.

Scores

Overall Score
79.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
85.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
87.2%
Review Aggregate
54.2

Critic Consensus

34.7% Fresh • 144 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 35% of 144 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, political, suspenseful. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotpoliticalsuspensefulfunnystylizedvisually strikingtragicrealisticdarkcharacter-driven

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Bruce Willis2003$7,323,000$12,485,000(est)
Monica Bellucci2003$4,508,000$7,686,000(est)
Cole Hauser2003$3,394,000$5,786,000(est)
Tom Skerritt2003$2,775,000$4,731,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score34.0
RT critic review count154
Rotten Tomatoes audience score69.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating6.6
IMDb votes135,614

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$43,734,876$74,563,213
International2003$42,733,288$72,855,614
Worldwide2003$86,468,160$147,418,820

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 Revenue2003$38,960,753$66,423,852
Digital Rentals ?2003$104,000$177,309
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$20,520,000$34,984,371
Physical Purchases ?2003$37,435,000$63,822,609
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$10,933,719$18,640,803
Total Revenues2003$107,953,472$184,048,943
Expenses
Budget ?2003$75,000,000$127,866,853
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$26,160,000 (est)$44,599,958 (est)
Participations2003$2,159,000$3,680,860
Residuals ?2003$4,809,000$8,198,823
Interest & Overhead2003$11,250,000$19,180,028
Total Expenses2003$119,378,000$203,526,522
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$-11,424,528$-19,477,579

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