China Synopsis
“When darkness falls, the son will rise. When the son falls, the dark knight will rise.”
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?
The 2013–2015 China Window
107 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Seventh Son sits at position #78.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Seventh Son. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedGoblin Slayer -Goblin's Crown-
★ 7.4 · Japan
2 sharedOnce Upon a Crime
★ 6.7 · Japan
2 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedWarcraft
★ 6.4 · China
2 sharedMary and The Witch's Flower
★ 7.1 · Japan
2 sharedKONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Legend of Crimson
★ 8.1 · Japan
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Seventh Son premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 42m runtime, production spent $931K per minute on screen and earned $1.1M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #814 of 946 China films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.2 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Adventure productions specifically: #159 of 178 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Legendary Pictures, Thunder Road, Moving Picture Company, Pendle Mountain Productions, China Film Group Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | December 12, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt1121096 |