Chinese Cinema release
The Assassin
21Standing
194th of 216 in Chinese Cinema
- Out-grossed 25% of Chinese Cinema releases with reported figures ($12M).
- Returned 0.8× its budget, against an industry median of 3.9×.
- Momentum in the 20th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.4 from 576 votes, the 18th percentile.
- Cost
- $15M
- Took
- $12M
Flop0.8× its cost
Against a Chinese Cinema median of 3.9×, so this one returned 0.2 times what a typical release there does.
The money says flop. What do you say?
The picture
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
- Released
- 27 August 2015
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Language
- Mandarin
- Industry
- Chinese Cinema
Top billedAll 26 credits
- Shu QiNie Yinniang
- Chang ChenTian Ji'an
- Zhou YunLady Tian Yuan / Jingjinger
- Satoshi TsumabukiMirror Polisher
- Ni DahongNie Feng
- Yong MeiLady Nie Tian
Made by
- Director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Screenplay
- Chu Tien-Wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Zhong A-Cheng, Hsieh Hai-Meng
- Original Music Composer
- Lim Giong
- Director of Photography
- Mark Lee Ping-Bing
- Producer
- Song Dai, Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan, Peter Lam Kin-Ngok, Chen Yiqi
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