Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
2019 2h 42m movie Film China

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

“In this town, it can all change… like that”

Synopsis

“In this town, it can all change… like that”

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

Audience Engagement

12,237
Reviews
100th
Review-volume percentile
97th
Popularity percentile

12,237 audience reviews — more than 100% of China films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among China films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Drama in China

90 China titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood itself).

The 2018–2020 China Window

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood holds position #65 of 219 China films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Untamed: Special Edition
    #1

    The Untamed: Special Edition

    ★ 9.5 · 2019
  2. Swallowed Star
    #2

    Swallowed Star

    ★ 9.2 · 2020
  3. Ling Cage: Incarnation
    #3

    Ling Cage: Incarnation

    ★ 9.0 · 2019
  4. Once Upon a Bite
    #4

    Once Upon a Bite

    ★ 9.0 · 2018
  5. All Is Well
    #5

    All Is Well

    ★ 9.0 · 2019
  6. A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
    #6

    A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

    ★ 8.9 · 2020
  7. LEGO Monkie Kid
    #7

    LEGO Monkie Kid

    ★ 8.8 · 2020
  8. The Long Night
    #8

    The Long Night

    ★ 8.7 · 2020

The 2010s China Landscape

2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$95.0M
Budget
$374.3M
Revenue
$279.3M
Net Profit
3.9×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 42m runtime, production spent $586K per minute on screen and earned $2.3M per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.

The 687th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

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

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • satanic cult · 4
  • fame · 3
  • struggling actor · 2
  • hollywood · 2
  • buddy · 1
  • revisionist history · 1
  • western filmmaking · 1
  • manson family murders · 1
  • stunt double · 1
  • old hollywood · 1
  • sharon tate · 1
  • charles manson · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • duringcreditsstinger · 26
  • california · 20
  • 1960s · 20
  • male friendship · 17
  • filmmaking · 14
  • historical fiction · 12
  • movie business · 11
  • los angeles · 9
  • celebrity · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on true story · 98

Reception Benchmarks

7.4
TMDB Rating
12,237
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #201 of 946 China films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Comedy productions specifically: #44 of 214 (top 21%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesChina, United Kingdom, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Italian, Spanish
Production CompaniesHeyday Films, Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group
Runtime2h 42m
Release DateJuly 24, 2019
IMDbtt7131622
Official Sitewww.sonypictures.com

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