China Post Truth returned 7.1× its production cost, earning $102.5M against a $14.5M budget — one of the highest-return China films in our catalog.
Synopsis
保你平安
Former boss Wei Pingan makes his living by selling cemeteries. For the sake of a promise, Wei Pingan tries to find out the truth, but finds that the people who spread the rumors do not care about the truth, but only about what they believe to be the truth, and Wei Pingan himself is caught in a new rumor.
The 2022–2024 China Window
77 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Post Truth sits at position #26.
The 2020s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Post Truth premiered. 216 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 52m runtime, production spent $130K per minute on screen and earned $915K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #290 of 946 China films indexed here (69th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Comedy productions specifically: #61 of 214 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shanghai Ruyi Film & TV Production, 上海他城影业有限公司, Tao Piao Piao, 天津猫眼微影文化传媒有限公司, 厦门人马文化传媒有限公司 |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | March 10, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt18690030 |