The Blood of Heroes

1990 | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport

Synopsis

In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.

Scores

Overall Score
32.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
40.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
12.0%
Review Aggregate
50.3

Critic Consensus

20.0% Fresh • 10 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 20% of 10 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize suspenseful, thin plot, dark. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

suspensefulthin plotdarkaction-packedcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Rutger Hauer1990$15,000$36,000(est)
Joan Chen1990$9,000$22,000(est)
Vincent D'Onofrio1990$7,000$17,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score20.0
RT critic review count10
Rotten Tomatoes audience score76.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes8,062

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1990$882,290$2,117,631
International1990N/AN/A
Worldwide1990$882,290$2,117,631

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 Revenue1990$441,145$1,058,816
Digital Rentals ?1990N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1990N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1990$3,409,000$8,182,122
Physical Purchases ?1990$1,848,000$4,435,483
TV & Streaming Revenue1990$352,916$847,052
Total Revenues1990$6,051,061$14,523,472
Expenses
Budget ?1990$971,000 (est)$2,330,549 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1990$706,000 (est)$1,694,508 (est)
Participations1990$242,000$580,837
Residuals ?1990$397,000$952,861
Interest & Overhead1990$194,200$466,110
Total Expenses1990$2,510,200$6,024,864
Movie Net Profit or Loss1990$3,540,861$8,498,608

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