Molly's Game
2017 2h 20m movie Film China

Molly's Game

“Deal with her.”

Synopsis

“Deal with her.”

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

Audience Engagement

3,432
Reviews
97th
Review-volume percentile
84th
Popularity percentile

3,432 audience reviews — more than 97% of China films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among China films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Molly's Game. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Drama + Crime in China

56 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Molly's Game itself).

The 2016–2018 China Window

Molly's Game holds position #56 of 224 China films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Once Upon a Bite
    #1

    Once Upon a Bite

    ★ 9.0 · 2018
  2. Fights Break Sphere
    #2

    Fights Break Sphere

    ★ 8.8 · 2017
  3. Burning Ice
    #3

    Burning Ice

    ★ 8.8 · 2017
  4. Blue Planet II
    #4

    Blue Planet II

    ★ 8.6 · 2017
  5. Day And Night
    #5

    Day And Night

    ★ 8.6 · 2017
  6. Meteor Garden
    #6

    Meteor Garden

    ★ 8.5 · 2018
  7. The Advisors Alliance
    #7

    The Advisors Alliance

    ★ 8.5 · 2017
  8. The Legend of the Condor Heroes
    #8

    The Legend of the Condor Heroes

    ★ 8.5 · 2017

The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Molly's Game premiered alongside 84 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$30.0M
Budget
$59.3M
Revenue
$29.3M
Net Profit
2.0×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 20m runtime, production spent $214K per minute on screen and earned $423K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 84 other China films in 2017.

The 556th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Molly's Game, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • poker · 5
  • olympic games · 4
  • employer employee relationship · 4
  • courtroom drama · 4
  • mob · 4
  • bratva (russian mafia) · 3
  • arrest · 3
  • beating · 2
  • ice skating · 1
  • snow skiing · 1
  • card playing · 1
  • cleavage · 1
  • high stakes · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • father daughter relationship · 29
  • new york city · 23
  • california · 20
  • court · 15
  • fbi · 13
  • courtroom · 11
  • trial · 10
  • los angeles · 9
  • celebrity · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on true story · 98
  • biography · 75
  • female protagonist · 33
  • gambling · 31
  • lawyer · 31

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
3,432
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #264 of 946 China films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Drama productions specifically: #169 of 547 (top 31%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesUnited States of America, China, Canada
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesThe Mark Gordon Company, Entertainment One, STX Films, Pascal Pictures, Huayi Brothers Pictures
Runtime2h 20m
Release DateDecember 7, 2017
IMDbtt4209788
Official Sitemollysgame.movie

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