China Monkey King: Hero Is Back returned 15.0× its production cost, earning $150.0M against a $10.0M budget — one of the highest-return China films in our catalog.
Synopsis
西游记之大圣归来
The all-powerful Monkey King once roamed freely between Heaven and Earth, but after angering the Gods, he was imprisoned within an ice cage deep within the mountains. 500 years later, monsters attack a small village and a child flees to the mountains. Unknowingly, the child releases the Monkey King from his curse. With the help and encouragement from this special child, Monkey King saves the village from the evil monsters.
Audience Engagement
238 audience reviews — more than 86% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among China films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 29m runtime, production spent $112K per minute on screen and earned $1.7M per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Monkey King: Hero Is Back. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Fantasy + Animation in China
51 China titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Monkey King: Hero Is Back itself).
The 2014–2016 China Window
Monkey King: Hero Is Back holds position #31 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 Monkey King: Hero Is Back premiered alongside 43 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other China films in 2015.
The 397th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Monkey King: Hero Is Back, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- monkey king · 3
- xianxia · 2
- nezha · 2
- son wukong · 1
- buddhism · 22
- journey to the west · 7
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #375 of 946 China films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Fantasy productions specifically: #77 of 168 (top 46%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Hengdian Chinese Film Production Co., Beijing Weiyingshidai Culture & Media, October Media, October Animation Studio, S&C Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | July 10, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4644382 |