Synopsis
According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure human heart is freely offered to a demon, it can become a mortal and experience true life. -- Huayi Brothers Media Corporation.
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Movie Details
| Vietnam Releases: |
August 24th, 2012 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
November 13th, 2012 by Well Go USA Video |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Running Time: |
131 minutes |
| Franchise: |
Hua Pi |
| Keywords: |
Sword & Sorcerer, Demons, Romance, Cross-Class Romance, Love Triangle, Non-Chronological, Occult, War, Unrequited Love, Visual Effects, Prince/Princess, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Voiceover/Narration, Intertitle, Dream Sequence, Body Swap, Arranged Marriage |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Action |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Fantasy |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Ningxia Film Studio, Dinglongda International Culture Media Co., Ltd. |
| Production Countries: |
China |
| Languages: |
Mandarin |
December 15th, 2012
We are getting closer and closer to Christmas and we are getting to the crunch time for gift shopping. After checking out first run releases and franchise box sets in Part I and TV on DVD releases in Part II, this week we look at limited releases, classics, and foreign films. Some are pretty obvious choices, as we had a few limited releases that broke into the mainstream during their theatrical releases, but there are also a few more films that slipped beneath the radar the last time around. The biggest of these is...
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November 13th, 2012
New releases this week are dominated by one title, Brave. The second best selling title according to Amazon.com is Lawrence of Arabia, which is a film that should be in everyone's collection, but as a catalog title, it likely won't sell a huge number of units. The third best selling title according to Amazon.com is Duck Dynasty: Season One. That's not a good sign. Fortunately, Brave is clearly Pick of the Week material with the Blu-ray Combo Pack or 3D Combo Pack battling for that honor.
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November 11th, 2012
Painted Skin was released in its native China and was a huge hit with moviegoers, critics, and was even a success during Awards Season in that part of the world. Painted Skin: Resurrection reportedly cost $24 million and earned over $100 million internationally. On the other hand, when it was released in limited release here, it barely made a noise. This week it is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray, but will it find a receptive audience? Or is there just too much of a cultural divide between here and China?
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2012/08/24 |
1 |
$220,931 |
|
26 |
$8,497 |
$220,931 |
1 |
| 2012/08/31 |
1 |
$194,118 |
-12% |
24 |
$8,088 |
$564,072 |
2 |
| 2012/09/07 |
2 |
$75,139 |
-61% |
20 |
$3,757 |
$783,825 |
3 |
| 2012/09/14 |
3 |
$16,957 |
-77% |
8 |
$2,120 |
$842,164 |
4 |
| 2012/09/21 |
7 |
$2,530 |
-85% |
1 |
$2,530 |
$856,965 |
5 |
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