The Motorcycle Diaries

2004 | Adventure, Biography, Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Scores

Overall Score
82.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
81.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
83.8%
Review Aggregate
84.7

Critic Consensus

82.3% Fresh • 147 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 82% of 147 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize political, visually striking, historical. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

politicalvisually strikinghistoricalromanticcharacter-drivenemotionallightheartedcoming of agethought-provokinguplifting

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Gael García Bernal2004$1,220,000$2,027,000(est)
Rodrigo de la Serna2004$751,000$1,248,000(est)
Mía Maestro2004$566,000$939,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score83.0
RT critic review count159
Rotten Tomatoes audience score92.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating7.7
IMDb votes107,543

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$16,781,388$27,868,298
International2004$40,881,836$67,891,118
Worldwide2004$57,663,224$95,759,416

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 Revenue2004$24,743,428$41,090,596
Digital Rentals ?2004$155,000$257,403
Digital Purchases ?2004$5,000$8,303
Physical Rentals ?2004$16,368,000$27,181,798
Physical Purchases ?2004$34,247,000$56,872,864
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$4,027,533$6,688,392
Total Revenues2004$79,545,962$132,099,357
Expenses
Budget ?2004$7,797,000 (est)$12,948,221 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$10,521,000 (est)$17,471,878 (est)
Participations2004$6,364,000$10,568,485
Residuals ?2004$3,937,000$6,538,046
Interest & Overhead2004$1,559,400$2,589,644
Total Expenses2004$30,178,400$50,116,274
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$49,367,562$81,983,083

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