The Road

2012 | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.

Scores

Overall Score
47.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
46.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.2%
Review Aggregate
42.5

Critic Consensus

46.7% Fresh • 152 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 47% of 152 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, visually striking, gritty. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

character-drivenvisually strikinggrittyemotionalhistoricalthought-provokingstylizedlightheartedtragicrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Garrett Hedlund2012$1,259,000$1,720,000(est)
Sam Riley2012$775,000$1,059,000(est)
Kristen Stewart2012$584,000$797,000(est)
Amy Adams2012$477,000$652,000(est)
Tom Sturridge2012$408,000$558,000(est)
Danny Morgan2012$359,000$491,000(est)
Alice Braga2012$322,000$441,000(est)
Elisabeth Moss2012$294,000$401,000(est)
Kirsten Dunst2012$270,000$370,000(est)
Viggo Mortensen2012$251,000$343,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score47.0
RT critic review count152
Rotten Tomatoes audience score34.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating4.7
IMDb votes29

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$92,476$126,349
International2012$849,565$1,160,752
Worldwide2012$942,041$1,287,100

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 Revenue2012$386,064$527,475
Digital Rentals ?2012$1,642,000$2,243,447
Digital Purchases ?2012$738,000$1,008,321
Physical Rentals ?2012$2,603,000$3,556,451
Physical Purchases ?2012$6,431,000$8,786,606
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$46,238$63,174
Total Revenues2012$11,846,302$16,185,475
Expenses
Budget ?2012$25,000,000$34,157,231
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$754,000 (est)$1,030,182 (est)
Participations2012$237,000$323,811
Residuals ?2012$751,000$1,026,083
Interest & Overhead2012$4,250,000$5,806,729
Total Expenses2012$30,992,000$42,344,037
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$-19,145,698$-26,158,562

Similar Movies

Related titles based on shared genres and franchise overlap. View all similar movies
PosterMovieYearMatchOverallEst. Profit
The Golden Glove posterThe Golden Glove2019Shared genres: 563.3$-246,092
Murder 2 posterMurder 22011Shared genres: 552.9$7,876,240
Save the Green Planet! posterSave the Green Planet!2005Shared genres: 543.2$2,398,758
Le Corbeau posterLe Corbeau2018Shared genres: 542.5$2,420,044
Gozu posterGozu2004Shared genres: 539.8$10,277,101