China Synopsis
“The answers we seek are just outside our reach”
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
The 2018–2020 China Window
219 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Ad Astra sits at position #181.
#1The Untamed: Special Edition
★ 9.5 · 2019
#2Swallowed Star
★ 9.2 · 2020
#3Ling Cage: Incarnation
★ 9.0 · 2019
#4Once Upon a Bite
★ 9.0 · 2018
#5All Is Well
★ 9.0 · 2019
#6A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
★ 8.9 · 2020
#7LEGO Monkie Kid
★ 8.8 · 2020
#8The Long Night
★ 8.7 · 2020
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ad Astra premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 3m runtime, production spent $711K per minute on screen and earned $1.0M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #683 of 946 China films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Science Fiction productions specifically: #25 of 41 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Brazil, China, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Norwegian |
| Production Companies | New Regency Productions, MadRiver Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, RT Features, Bona Film Group |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | September 17, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt2935510 |
| Official Site | www.foxmovies.com |