China The Great Magician is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
大魔術師
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
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Drama + Mystery in China
52 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Great Magician itself).
The 2010–2012 China Window
The Great Magician holds position #52 of 98 China films in the 2010–2012 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 The Great Magician premiered alongside 39 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 39 other China films in 2011.
The 282nd China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
53 audience reviews — more than 65% of China films in our index.
Review volume (65th percentile) outruns trending popularity (48th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #657 of 946 China films indexed here (31st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #411 of 547 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment, Bona Film Group, Bona International Film Group, JCE Movies |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | December 22, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1869721 |