A Beautiful Life

2011 | Drama, Romance, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A cute, drunk realtor (Shu Qi), dating her married boss, pukes on a single, sober cop at a Beijing hotel after partying. They keep bumping into each other after that.

Scores

Overall Score
36.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
17.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
43.6%
Review Aggregate
66.6

Critic Consensus

100.0% Fresh • 2 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 2 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, character-driven, emotional. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

romanticcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Shu Qi2011$6,000$9,000(est)
Liu Ye2011$4,000$5,000(est)
Tian Liang2011$3,000$4,000(est)
Feng Danying2011$2,000$3,000(est)
Sa Rina2011$2,000$3,000(est)
Zhang Songwen2011$2,000$2,000(est)
Gao Tian2011$2,000$2,000(est)
Anthony Wong2011$1,000$2,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count3
Rotten Tomatoes audience score67.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating6.6
IMDb votes1,180

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2011$66,171$92,298
International2011$568,613$793,125
Worldwide2011$634,784$885,424

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2011$260,531$363,399
Digital Rentals ?2011$1,224,000$1,707,287
Digital Purchases ?2011$393,000$548,173
Physical Rentals ?2011$2,239,000$3,123,052
Physical Purchases ?2011$5,339,000$7,447,062
TV & Streaming Revenue2011$209,400$292,080
Total Revenues2011$9,664,931$13,481,053
Expenses
Budget ?2011$698,000 (est)$973,600 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2011$508,000 (est)$708,580 (est)
Participations2011$387,000$539,804
Residuals ?2011$626,000$873,171
Interest & Overhead2011$139,600$194,720
Total Expenses2011$2,358,600$3,289,875
Movie Net Profit or Loss2011$7,306,331$10,191,178

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