China Mojin: The Lost Legend returned 7.5× its production cost, earning $278.3M against a $37.0M budget — one of the highest-return China films in our catalog.
Synopsis
寻龙诀
At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret…
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 7m runtime, production spent $291K per minute on screen and earned $2.2M per minute back.
Other Titles From Beijing Enlight Pictures
Action + Adventure in China
135 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mojin: The Lost Legend itself).
The 2014–2016 China Window
Mojin: The Lost Legend holds position #72 of 143 China films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mojin: The Lost Legend premiered alongside 43 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other China films in 2015.
The 419th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
205 audience reviews — more than 85% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 75th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mojin: The Lost Legend, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tomb · 5
- past · 4
- treasure hunter · 2
- grave robbing · 1
- mojin · 1
- flashback · 28
- love triangle · 55
- zombie · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #615 of 946 China films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #192 of 319 (top 60%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Beijing Enlight Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | December 18, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4276752 |