The Way

2011 | Comedy, Drama, Adventure

Synopsis

A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.

Scores

Overall Score
62.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
62.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
65.8%
Review Aggregate
53.6

Critic Consensus

21.1% Fresh • 19 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 21% of 19 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, thin plot, emotional. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

visually strikingthin plotemotionalpacing issuesgrittythought-provokinghistorical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jang Dong-gun2011$2,309,000$3,220,000(est)
Joe Odagiri2011$1,421,000$1,982,000(est)
Fan Bingbing2011$1,070,000$1,493,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score21.0
RT critic review count19
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes37,170

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2011$4,430,765$6,180,218
International2011$4,007,107$5,589,282
Worldwide2011$8,437,872$11,769,500

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 Revenue2011$3,818,225$5,325,822
Digital Rentals ?2011$3,417,000$4,766,176
Digital Purchases ?2011$1,099,000$1,532,932
Physical Rentals ?2011$6,253,000$8,721,948
Physical Purchases ?2011$14,910,000$20,797,097
TV & Streaming Revenue2011$1,772,306$2,472,087
Total Revenues2011$31,269,531$43,616,062
Expenses
Budget ?2011$24,000,000$33,476,213
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2011$6,070,000 (est)$8,466,692 (est)
Participations2011$625,000$871,776
Residuals ?2011$1,822,000$2,541,403
Interest & Overhead2011$4,800,000$6,695,243
Total Expenses2011$37,317,000$52,051,327
Movie Net Profit or Loss2011$-6,047,469$-8,435,265

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