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#9,448 All-time worldwide
#125 1990 releases

Movie profile

China Cry

1990 · 101 min · Tbn Films

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.2M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$378,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where China Cry ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #9,448 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #125 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Primary genre #4,070 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did China Cry (1990) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

China Cry (1990) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.2M. In this database it currently ranks #9,448 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #125 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,200,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Young Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new society", but soon becomes disenchanted by the economic misery the changes bring to her family. Before long, the authorities become aware of Neng Yee's feelings and she is taken to a labour camp, overseen by the sadistic Colonel Cheng.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 2, 1990
Production
TBN Films
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, China Cry is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from TBN Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.2M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,448 all-time in the current chart set and #125 among 1990 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.