To Live (1994) Box Office, Profit & Reviews

Synopsis

After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.

Scores

Overall Score

50.7

Popularity Percentile (Year)

51.1%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

28.1%

Review Aggregate

89.2

Critic Consensus

85.7% Fresh • 14 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 86% of 14 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize stylized, political, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Ge You	1994	$30,000	$62,000	(est)
Gong Li	1994	$18,000	$38,000	(est)
Niu Ben	1994	$14,000	$29,000	(est)
Guo Tao	1994	$11,000	$24,000	(est)
Jiang Wu	1994	$10,000	$20,000	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score87.0

RT critic review count23

Rotten Tomatoes audience score96.0

RT audience rating count5,000

IMDb rating8.3

IMDb votes21,746

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	1994	$2,332,728	$4,937,765
International	1994	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	1994	$2,332,728	$4,937,765

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).

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue	1994	$1,166,364	$2,468,882
Digital Rentals ?	1994	N/A	N/A
Digital Purchases ?	1994	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	1994	$10,952,000	$23,182,472
Physical Purchases ?	1994	$10,109,000	$21,398,065
TV & Streaming Revenue	1994	$933,091	$1,975,106
Total Revenues	1994	$23,160,455	$49,024,526
Expenses
Budget ?	1994	$2,541,000 (est)	$5,378,621 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	1994	$1,473,000 (est)	$3,117,949 (est)
Participations	1994	$926,000	$1,960,096
Residuals ?	1994	$1,594,000	$3,374,074
Interest & Overhead	1994	$508,200	$1,075,724
Total Expenses	1994	$7,042,200	$14,906,465
Movie Net Profit or Loss	1994	$16,118,255	$34,118,061

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