Nonetheless, the budget is mostly up on the screen, and it most definitely has gone to staff paychecks: Fifth Generation filmmaking giant Chen Kaige and Hong Kong action stalwarts Dante Lam and Tsui Hark co-direct. Screenwriters: Lan Xiaolong, Huang JianxinĪdmittedly the COVID outbreak put a crimp in alleged plans for an American crew to contribute in China, but not even war movie pros would have been able to do much with the execrable English dialogue. There are no onscreen English credits, as if no one expected anyone outside the People’s Republic to watch.Ĭast: Wu Jing, Jackson Yee, Hu Jun, Zhang Hanyuĭirectors: Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam Reported to have a Marvel-size $200 million budget, the film ticks all the boxes expected of a rousing slice of nationalist entertainment (it’s not even trying for soft power) that’s directed squarely at domestic Chinese audiences. 1 release timed for China’s National Day holiday, making it the biggest box office hit of 2021 in any market. The monster blockbuster has racked up nearly $900 million since its Oct. The patriotic (but, I would argue, not quite nationalistic or terribly jingoistic) war flicks are directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, a murder’s row of offscreen talent, and they both star Wu Jing (of The Wandering Earth and Wolf Warrior II) and Jackson Yee (from Better Days).Historical fact goes out the window in favor of propagandist myth-making in the Chinese war epic The Battle at Lake Changjin. The former is the second installment in the two-part, shot on IMAX, $200 million Korean War duology.

The two biggies of a crowded frame remain The Battle at Lake Changjin II with $52.2 million (bringing its cume to $352 million in just four days) and Too Cool to Kill with $38.7 million (for a $184 million four-day total thus far). In box office news that isn’t related to Jackass Forever ($9.6 million domestic) or Moonfall ($3.4 million domestic), China’s New Year’s week continued to pack them in. China is celebrating their 72nd National Day and a week-long holiday known as the 'Golden Week'. In three days after its release, the film grossed more than 1 billion yuan. WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 2: (CHINA OUT) Cinema employees sell Haagen-Dazs ice cream as the movie poster of “The Battle At Lake Changjin' is seen in a cinema on Octoin Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

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