China Synopsis
火锅英雄
When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future.
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The 2015–2017 China Window
Chongqing Hot Pot holds position #106 of 191 China films in the 2015–2017 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 Chongqing Hot Pot premiered alongside 61 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 61 other China films in 2016.
The 430th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
49 audience reviews — more than 64% of China films in our index.
Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (36th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #658 of 946 China films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #412 of 547 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | New Classics Media, Wanda Media Co., CKF Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | April 1, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5596352 |