Fighting for freedom.

The Flowers of War

Name: The Flowers of War
Genre: Drama, War, History
Released: 2011-12-15
Duration: 146 min
Cast: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Huang Tianyuan, Han Xiting

Chinese Cinema20112h 26mMandarinTop 5% of Chinese Cinema budgets

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100th of 216 in Chinese Cinema

Reported gross: 60
Return on budget: 17
Audience rating: 91
Momentum: 31

Out-grossed 60% of Chinese Cinema releases with reported figures ($95M).
Returned 1× its budget, against an industry median of 3.9×.
Momentum in the 31st percentile.
Audience rating 7.4 from 937 votes, the 91st percentile.

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Cost: $94M
Took: $95M

Against a Chinese Cinema median of 3.9×, so this one returned 0.3 times what a typical release there does.

The money says average. What do you say?

The picture

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

Released: 15 December 2011
Runtime: 2h 26m
Language: Mandarin
Industry: Chinese Cinema

Top billedAll 21 credits

Made by

Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenplay: Liu Heng, Yan Geling
Original Music Composer: Chen Qigang
Director of Photography: Zhao Xiaoding
Producer: Zhang Weiping

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