Philippines Die Beautiful returned 13.9× its production cost, earning $4.2M against a $300K budget — one of the highest-return Philippines films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“A Glamorous Life Deserves a Fabulous Death.”
Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 0m runtime, production spent $3K per minute on screen and earned $35K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Die Beautiful. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Regal Entertainment Inc.
Comedy + Drama in Philippines
14 Philippines titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Die Beautiful itself).
The 2015–2017 Philippines Window
Die Beautiful holds position #12 of 27 Philippines films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Philippines Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Philippines — 11 titles released, including Die Beautiful. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (69 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 10 other Philippines films in 2016.
The 97th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 38% of Philippines films in our index.
Popularity (56th percentile) outruns review volume (38th) — a trending, discussed title among Philippines films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Die Beautiful, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- beauty contest · 2
- drag queen · 1
- make up · 1
- flashback · 28
- funeral · 8
- friendship · 134
- lgbt · 73
- family relationships · 57
- philippines · 55
- death · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #56 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Philippines average of 6.2/10.
Among Philippines Comedy productions specifically: #18 of 29 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Filipino |
| Production Companies | Regal Entertainment Inc., Octobertrain Films, The IdeaFirst Company |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | December 25, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt6186430 |