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Based on the true story of one of the greatest battles of WWII.

The Eight Hundred

Chinese Cinema20202h 27mMandarinTop 8% of Chinese Cinema budgets
82Standing

11th of 216 in Chinese Cinema

Reported gross
93
Return on budget
62
Audience rating
72
Momentum
86
  • Out-grossed 93% of Chinese Cinema releases with reported figures ($461M).
  • Returned 5.8× its budget, against an industry median of 3.9×.
  • Momentum in the 86th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7 from 356 votes, the 72nd percentile.
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Cost
$80M
Took
$461M
Blockbuster5.8× its cost

Against a Chinese Cinema median of 3.9×, so this one returned 1.5 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

Released
14 August 2020
Runtime
2h 27m
Language
Mandarin
Industry
Chinese Cinema
Top billedAll 24 credits
Made by
Director
Guan Hu
Director of Photography
Cao Yu
Producer
Zhu Wenjiu
Filed under
ActionDramaWarHistory

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