Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 2h 8m movie Film China

Terminator: Dark Fate

“Welcome to the day after judgement day”

Synopsis

“Welcome to the day after judgement day”

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

Audience Engagement

4,652
Reviews
98th
Review-volume percentile
96th
Popularity percentile

4,652 audience reviews — more than 98% of China films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among China films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Terminator: Dark Fate. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Science Fiction + Action in China

23 China titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Terminator: Dark Fate itself).

The 2018–2020 China Window

Terminator: Dark Fate holds position #149 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 Terminator: Dark Fate. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).

'1028'1140'1230'1326'1437'1544'1662'1785'1877'1986

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$185.0M
Budget
$261.1M
Revenue
$76.1M
Net Profit
1.4×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 8m runtime, production spent $1.4M per minute on screen and earned $2.0M per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.

The 713th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

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

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Terminator: Dark Fate, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • mexico · 4
  • plane crash · 2
  • mexico city · 1
  • terminator · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • cyborg · 28
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
  • helicopter · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • sequel · 143
  • time travel · 70
  • dystopia · 45

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
4,652
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #540 of 946 China films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among China Science Fiction productions specifically: #19 of 41 (top 46%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesChina, Hungary, Spain, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Production CompaniesLightstorm Entertainment, Skydance, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Tencent Pictures
Runtime2h 8m
Release DateOctober 23, 2019
IMDbtt6450804
Official Sitewww.paramountmovies.com

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