China No Man's Land returned 18.0× its production cost, earning $41.8M against a $2.3M budget — one of the highest-return China films in our catalog.
Synopsis
无人区
Pan Xiao, a young lawyer, goes to a rural small village settled in the western desert lands of China to handle the case of a falcon poacher who has ran over a policeman. Pan wins the case through sophisticated reasoning and forces the poacher to give him his car as a reward. Then, he just drives back home, but the return will not be an easy one.
The 2012–2014 China Window
93 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. No Man's Land sits at position #20.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when No Man's Land premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 58m runtime, production spent $20K per minute on screen and earned $354K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #431 of 946 China films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Drama productions specifically: #273 of 547 (top 50%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Beijing Guoli Changsheng Movies & TV Productions Co., China Film Group, 东阳坏猴子影视文化传播有限公司, Emperor Film and Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | December 3, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt1456660 |