Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

“At the end of the world his real journey began.”

September 12, 1997PG-132h 16mTMDB ★ 7.2
MoviesRankd
5.65/10
Solid
Letterboxd
3.54/5
132071 reviews
IMDb
7.1/10
166,531 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Metacritic
M
55/100

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Genres

Adventure, Drama, History

Studio

Mandalay Entertainment

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Seven Years in Tibet performed

Budget

$70.0M

Worldwide Gross

$131.5M

Gross Profit

$61.5M

Return

1.9× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$15M

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$43M$88M

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.

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