Blockers is a China–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“Teens out to have fun. Parents out to stop it.”
When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
Audience Engagement
1,859 audience reviews — more than 96% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among China films.
China × Japan Co-Production
Other China×Japan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Blockers. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2017–2019 China Window
Blockers holds position #167 of 248 China films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Blockers premiered alongside 76 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 42m runtime, production spent $206K per minute on screen and earned $922K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 76 other China films in 2018.
The 580th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Blockers, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- teenage sexuality · 5
- teenager · 5
- loss of virginity · 4
- teen comedy · 3
- house party · 1
- prom · 1
- prom night · 1
- mid-life crisis · 1
- teenage girl · 22
- woman director · 246
- parent child relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #612 of 946 China films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Comedy productions specifically: #127 of 214 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions, Good Universe, DMG Entertainment, Point Grey Pictures, Universal Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | March 14, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt2531344 |
| Official Site | www.uphe.com |














