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Released
1996 · FILM

The Quest

A condemned New York thief must master Muay Thai and survive a lethal ancient martial‑arts tournament in the Himalayas to win back his freedom before the Golden Dragon claims another victim.

A lost city. A man of destiny. A test of honor.

Runtime
95 min
ActionAdventureDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Ghang-gheng is an ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world use the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed to win the prized Golden Dragon. However, fighting prowess alone will not be enough for Chris to triumph over such daunting foes.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John F LinkShot by David GribbleScored by Randy EdelmanDesigned by Steve Spence

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$57.4M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$57.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $21.7M 38% of worldwide · International: $35.7M (62%)

Opening weekend: $7.0M 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $8.9M41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,092 theaters

Also known as

  • The Quest - Die Herausforderungde
  • Le Grand Tournoifr
  • La provait
  • The Quest - La provait

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