India Life of Pi returned 5.1× its production cost, earning $609.0M against a $120.0M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“Believe The Unbelievable”
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Audience Engagement
12,426 audience reviews — more than 100% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among India films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 7m runtime, production spent $945K per minute on screen and earned $4.8M per minute back.
India × Taiwan Co-Production
Other India×Taiwan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Life of Pi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Adventure + Drama in India
33 India titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Life of Pi itself).
The 2011–2013 India Window
Among 233 India films we catalog from this window, Life of Pi places #17 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Life of Pi premiered alongside 68 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 68 other India films in 2012.
The 936th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Life of Pi, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- young boy · 5
- magic realism · 5
- faith · 4
- zookeeper · 3
- told in flashback · 3
- storm at sea · 2
- loss of family · 2
- teenage protagonist · 2
- zebra · 1
- orangutan · 1
- hyena · 1
- meerkat · 1
- cargo ship · 1
- lifeboat · 1
- injured animal · 1
- wreckage · 1
- family loss · 1
- flying fish · 1
- survival · 28
- 1970s · 19
- sea · 9
- teenage boy · 8
- loss of loved one · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #228 of 1,983 India films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Adventure productions specifically: #19 of 113 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, India, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Tamil |
| Production Companies | Fox 2000 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Haishang Films, Netter Productions |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | November 20, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt0454876 |
| Official Site | www.20thcenturystudios.com |