China Warcraft is a China–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“Two worlds. One home.”
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.
Audience Engagement
6,340 audience reviews — more than 99% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among China films.
China × Japan Co-Production
Other China×Japan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Warcraft. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Adventure in China
135 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Warcraft itself).
The 2015–2017 China Window
Warcraft holds position #90 of 191 China films in the 2015–2017 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 Warcraft premiered alongside 61 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 3m runtime, production spent $1.3M per minute on screen and earned $3.5M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 61 other China films in 2016.
The 436th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Warcraft, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- fictional war · 5
- live action and animation · 5
- wizard · 4
- sword and sorcery · 3
- orcs · 2
- world of warcraft · 1
- fictional language · 1
- muscles · 1
- video game · 23
- chase · 11
- elves · 8
- sorcerer · 8
- based on video game · 90
- magic · 84
- based on comic · 58
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #577 of 946 China films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #174 of 319 (top 55%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Japan, Canada, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Legendary Pictures, Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment, Tencent Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | May 25, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt0803096 |
| Official Site | www.warcraft-themovie.com |