China Synopsis
十二生肖
“Twelve heads. Five continents. One man.”
Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student & a Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
The 2011–2013 China Window
96 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Chinese Zodiac sits at position #47.
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The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Chinese Zodiac premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 49m runtime, production spent $440K per minute on screen and earned $1.6M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #648 of 946 China films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #202 of 319 (top 63%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English, French, Spanish, Russian |
| Production Companies | JCE Movies, Golden Harvest Company, Beijing Dragon Garden Culture & Art, Huayi Brothers Pictures, Jackie & JJ Production |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | December 20, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt1424310 |
| Official Site | hbpictures.ayomovie.com |