Taiwan The Wedding Banquet returned 6.9× its production cost, earning $6.9M against a $1.0M budget — one of the highest-return Taiwan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
喜宴
“A little deception at the reception.”
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
The 1992–1994 Taiwan Window
6 Taiwan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Wedding Banquet sits at position #5.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Wedding Banquet. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Ang Lee Productions
The 1990s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Wedding Banquet premiered. 16 total titles in this decade from Taiwan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 49m runtime, production spent $9K per minute on screen and earned $64K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #48 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Comedy productions specifically: #13 of 50 (top 26%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Taiwan, United States of America |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | March 1, 1993 |
| IMDb | tt0107156 |