China Synopsis
“Neighbor. Icon. Friend.”
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Audience Engagement
1,447 audience reviews — more than 95% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among China films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TriStar Pictures
Drama + History in China
53 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood itself).
The 2018–2020 China Window
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood holds position #98 of 219 China films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 49m runtime, production spent $229K per minute on screen and earned $623K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 700th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- breaking the fourth wall · 3
- estranged father · 3
- based on magazine · 2
- newspaper or article · 2
- kindness · 1
- hand puppet · 1
- tv show · 1
- television host · 1
- journalist · 17
- male friendship · 17
- 1990s · 14
- friendship · 134
- based on true story · 98
- biography · 75
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #334 of 946 China films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #213 of 547 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | TriStar Pictures, Tencent Pictures, Big Beach |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | September 7, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt3224458 |
| Official Site | www.abeautifulday.movie |