China Box Office for Surprise: Journey to the West (2015)

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Surprise: Journey to the West
Theatrical Performance (US$)
China Box Office $49,373,332Details
Worldwide Box Office $49,576,645Details
Further financial details...

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  4. Worldwide
  5. Full Financials
  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Synopsis

Dachui Wang navigates though various modern and classic situations.The little monster Wang Dachui, who was born with sharp ears & simple magic, made him different from the ordinaries. The local monster king, he thought he was. But to his surprise, on the one hand, his fate has changed since the encounter with Tang Monk, Monkey King, Piggy & Sand Monk. On the other hand, the meeting with Wang Dachui also should have been the great 82nd disaster to the four.

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Movie Details

China Releases: December 12th, 2015 (Wide)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Keywords: Monks and Nuns, Demons, Ancient China, Chinese Mythology, Martial Arts
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Beijing Wanhe Tianyi Media, Bona Film Group, Chinese Culture Shareholding, Hangzhou Guomai Media, Heyi Pictures, Shanghai Sanciyuan Entertainment, Tianjin Maoyan Media
Production Countries: China
Languages: Mandarin

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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

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2015/12/11 1 $16,380,000   36,298 $451   $16,470,000 1
2015/12/18 2 $21,890,000 +34% 63,333 $346   $38,510,000 2
2015/12/25 5 $1,310,000 -94% 8,618 $152   $46,290,000 3

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/18/2015 $78,781 10 10 23 $140,957 1/4/2016
China 12/12/2015 $16,380,000 36298 63333 108249 $49,373,332 9/27/2018
New Zealand 12/18/2015 $10,639 2 2 5 $19,439 1/5/2016
North America 12/16/2015 $0 0 0 0 $0
United Kingdom 12/18/2015 $42,917 14 14 14 $42,917 12/22/2015
 
Worldwide Total$49,576,645 9/27/2018

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

White K*    Wang Dachui

Supporting Cast

Yang Zishan    Su Xiaomei
Chen Bolin    Tang Monk
Ma Tianyu    Murong Bai
Liu Xunzimo    Sun Wukong
Mike Pirath Nitipaisankul    Zhubajie
Show Joy    Sha Seng
Qiao Renliang    Catfish Man
Zhi Zunyu    Li Changhuai

Cameos

Eric Tsang    Earth God

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Frankie Chen*    Director
Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing    Screenwriter
Lei Chen    Producer
Huang Jianxin    Producer
Wenwen Li    Producer
Meng Yu    Producer
Yang Xiao    Editor
Yasuharu Takanashi    Composer
Choi Sung-fai    Director of Photography
Li Qiang    Director of Photography