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Dead to Rights

Chinese Cinema20252h 17mMandarinTop 50% of Chinese Cinema budgets
92Standing

4th of 216 in Chinese Cinema

Reported gross
91
Return on budget
90
Audience rating
89
Momentum
98
  • Out-grossed 91% of Chinese Cinema releases with reported figures ($423M).
  • Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 3.9×.
  • Momentum in the 98th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.9 from 97 votes, the 89th percentile.
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Cost
$20M
Took
$423M
Blockbuster21.1× its cost

Against a Chinese Cinema median of 3.9×, so this one returned 5.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, a postman poses as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risks his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.

Released
19 July 2025
Runtime
2h 17m
Language
Mandarin
Industry
Chinese Cinema
Top billedAll 26 credits
Made by
Director
Shen Ao
Writer
Shen Ao, Zhang Ke, Xu Luyang
Original Music Composer
Fei Peng
Director of Photography
Wang Tianxing
Producer
Wang Yibing, Zhang Huixia
Filed under
DramaWarHistory

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