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Lighting Up the Stars

Chinese Cinema20221h 52mMandarinTop 74% of Chinese Cinema budgets
83Standing

10th of 216 in Chinese Cinema

Reported gross
84
Return on budget
90
Audience rating
73
Momentum
84
  • Out-grossed 84% of Chinese Cinema releases with reported figures ($254M).
  • Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 3.9×.
  • Momentum in the 84th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.4 from 59 votes, the 73rd percentile.
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Cost
$9M
Took
$254M
Blockbuster28.8× its cost

Against a Chinese Cinema median of 3.9×, so this one returned 7.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

Released
24 June 2022
Runtime
1h 52m
Language
Mandarin
Industry
Chinese Cinema
Top billedAll 15 credits
Made by
Producer
Han Yan
Filed under
Drama

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