The Secret Life of Bees

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Popular Love
8
Signal Breakdown
Social Sentiment
Longevity of Affection
Fan Works
90-Day Trend
True Feel
75
Cult Favourite
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Rising
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Recommend
83
Reach Meter
0
Reach Breakdown
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90-Day Reach Trend

1Core Metadata

Title & Origin
Canonical title
The Secret Life of Bees
Original title
The Secret Life of Bees
Country
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Language
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Territory
Global
Release & Format
Format
feature_film
Release status
released
Release date
9/17/2008
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Creator
Gina Prince-BythewoodWriter
Gina Prince-BythewoodDirector
Network
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2Content

Synopsis

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

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Themes

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Content format
documentary_series
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3Commercial Metrics

Box Office
Box office
$40.0M
Currency
USD
Original
$11.0M
Revenue
Total revenue
$40.0M
Revenue tier
mid
Awards
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Revenue tier
mid

4Audience Intelligence

reddit
Score
93.6
Score count
332
Rank
202
Audience size
2,676,931
Last updated
6/11/2026
tmdb
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Last updated
6/17/2026

5Industry Links

TVmaze

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TMDB movie/12837

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6Community Sentiment

How people are talking about this IP — each row is a different signal: reviews, ratings or comments from one source.

Positive ≥0.6Mixed 0.4–0.6Negative <0.4
Rotten Tomatoesbased on community signals
Positive0.75
TVmazebased on TV airing & listing status
Mixed0.50
How sentiment scores are calculated