China Synopsis
“What would you wish for?”
A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.
Audience Engagement
960 audience reviews — more than 94% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 98th percentile among China films.
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Drama + Adventure in China
64 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Three Thousand Years of Longing itself).
The 2021–2023 China Window
Three Thousand Years of Longing holds position #86 of 160 China films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in China, 216 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Three Thousand Years of Longing premiered alongside 41 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $556K per minute on screen and earned $188K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 41 other China films in 2022.
The 902nd China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Three Thousand Years of Longing, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- wish fulfillment · 5
- desire · 4
- storytelling · 4
- longing · 3
- romantic · 3
- djinn · 2
- turkey · 2
- lonely woman · 2
- genie · 1
- public speaking · 1
- istanbul · 1
- scholar · 1
- wishes · 1
- doctorate · 1
- mythology · 16
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #368 of 946 China films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #232 of 547 (top 42%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Australia, China, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | German, English, French, Greek, Turkish |
| Production Companies | FilmNation Entertainment, Elevate Production Finance, Sunac Pictures, Kennedy Miller Mitchell |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | August 24, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt9198364 |
| Official Site | www.mgm.com |