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?
Audience Engagement
2,358 audience reviews — more than 97% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among China films.
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
Adventure + Fantasy in China
79 China titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Seventh Son itself).
The 2013–2015 China Window
In the crowded 2013-2015 China release window, Seventh Son sits at #78 of 107. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Seventh Son premiered alongside 36 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 42m runtime, production spent $931K per minute on screen and earned $1.1M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other China films in 2014.
The 374th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Seventh Son, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- chosen one · 3
- sword and sorcery · 3
- based on young adult novel · 3
- evil witch · 2
- witch hunt · 1
- dark fantasy · 14
- based on novel or book · 288
- magic · 84
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 |