Taiwan Our Times returned 30.4× its production cost, earning $82.0M against a $2.7M budget — one of the highest-return Taiwan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
我的少女時代
“Back to the youthful days!”
Office worker Truly Lin goes on a journey through her memories. 20 years ago, she had a crush on the most popular guy in school. Taiyu, a ruffian and a bully, is in love with the campus belle. Truly teams up with Taiyu to tear the golden couple apart and help each other to get the ones they love.
Audience Engagement
136 audience reviews — more than 95% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Taiwan films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 14m runtime, production spent $20K per minute on screen and earned $612K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Our Times. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Romance + Comedy in Taiwan
17 Taiwan titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Our Times itself).
The 2014–2016 Taiwan Window
Among 16 Taiwan films we catalog from this window, Our Times places #3 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Taiwan, 70 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Our Times premiered alongside 4 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 4 other Taiwan films in 2015.
The 116th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #32 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Romance productions specifically: #3 of 38 (top 8%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Hualien Media International, Focus Features, Huace Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 14m |
| Release Date | August 13, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4967094 |