The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
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148th of 216 in Chinese Cinema
- Out-grossed 44% of Chinese Cinema releases with reported figures ($52M).
- Returned 4× its budget, against an industry median of 3.9×.
- Momentum in the 20th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.6 from 448 votes, the 35th percentile.
- Cost
- $13M
- Took
- $52M
Blockbuster4.0× its cost
Against a Chinese Cinema median of 3.9×, so this one returned 1.0 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
- Released
- 18 September 2010
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Language
- Mandarin
- Industry
- Chinese Cinema
Top billedAll 24 credits
- Andy LauDetective Dee
- Li BingbingShangguan Jing'er
- Deng ChaoPei Donglai
- Tony Leung Ka-faiShatuo Zhong
- Carina LauWu Zetian
- Richard Ng Yiu-HonWang Lu (before face-lift)
Made by
- Director
- Tsui Hark
- Screenplay
- Zhang Jialu
- Writer
- Chen Kuofu
- Original Music Composer
- Peter Kam Pau-Tat
- Director of Photography
- Pakie Chan
Filed under
ActionAdventureDramaMystery