The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge
2022 2h 29m movie Film China

The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge

长津湖之水门桥

The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

长津湖之水门桥

In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.

Audience Engagement

55
Reviews
66th
Review-volume percentile
93rd
Popularity percentile

55 audience reviews — more than 66% of China films in our index.

Popularity (93th percentile) outruns review volume (66th) — a trending, discussed title among China films.

China × Hong Kong Co-Production

China (lead)Hong Kong

Other China×Hong Kong titles

Other Titles From Bona Film Group

War + History in China

17 China titles in our catalog blend the War and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge itself).

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2021–2023 China Window

In the crowded 2021-2023 China release window, The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge sits at #118 of 160. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. The Long Ballad
    #1

    The Long Ballad

    ★ 9.1 · 2021
  2. When I Fly Towards You
    #2

    When I Fly Towards You

    ★ 9.1 · 2023
  3. A Perfect Planet
    #3

    A Perfect Planet

    ★ 8.9 · 2021
  4. Hidden Love
    #4

    Hidden Love

    ★ 8.8 · 2023
  5. Awakening Age
    #5

    Awakening Age

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  6. The Long Season
    #6

    The Long Season

    ★ 8.7 · 2023
  7. Falling Into Your Smile
    #7

    Falling Into Your Smile

    ★ 8.6 · 2021
  8. Three-Body
    #8

    Three-Body

    ★ 8.5 · 2023

The 2020s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in China, 216 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge premiered alongside 41 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$200.0M
Budget
$626.2M
Revenue
$426.2M
Net Profit
3.1×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 29m runtime, production spent $1.3M per minute on screen and earned $4.2M per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 41 other China films in 2022.

The 876th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • communist propaganda · 2
  • chosin · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • historical · 28
  • korean war · 20
  • chinese communism · 6

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
55
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #553 of 946 China films indexed here (42nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among China War productions specifically: #33 of 55 (top 60%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesChina, Hong Kong
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesMandarin, English
Production CompaniesBona Film Group, Distribution Workshop, China Film Group Corporation, A Really Happy Film, Alibaba Pictures Group
Runtime2h 29m
Release DateFebruary 1, 2022
IMDbtt16194408