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.
The 2015–2017 Philippines Window
27 Philippines films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Die Beautiful sits at position #12.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Die Beautiful. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s Philippines Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Die Beautiful premiered. 69 total titles in this decade from Philippines.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 0m runtime, production spent $3K per minute on screen and earned $35K per minute back.
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 |