Hong Kong Battleship is a Hong Kong–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“The Battle for Earth Begins at Sea”
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
Audience Engagement
5,134 audience reviews — more than 100% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 98th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × Japan Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Japan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Battleship. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedHansan: Rising Dragon
★ 6.7 · South Korea
2 sharedThe Way of the Dragon
★ 7.4 · Hong Kong
2 sharedGreyhound
★ 7.4 · China
2 sharedLara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
★ 5.7 · Hong Kong
2 sharedFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
★ 6.2 · Japan
2 sharedThe Admiral: Roaring Currents
★ 7.1 · South Korea
Other Titles From Universal Pictures
Thriller + Action in Hong Kong
121 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Battleship itself).
The 2011–2013 Hong Kong Window
Battleship holds position #28 of 47 Hong Kong films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Battleship premiered alongside 16 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 11m runtime, production spent $1.6M per minute on screen and earned $2.3M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other Hong Kong films in 2012.
The 691st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Battleship, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- naval warfare · 5
- fictional war · 5
- battleship · 5
- u.s. navy · 4
- mind reading · 3
- jet fighter pilot · 2
- taser · 1
- buoy · 1
- communications expert · 1
- joint chiefs of staff · 1
- crash landing · 1
- navy lieutenant · 1
- permission to marry · 1
- uss missouri · 1
- naval · 1
- armada · 1
- naval combat · 1
- jds myoko · 1
- lost communication · 1
- aftercreditsstinger · 24
- scientist · 20
- football (soccer) · 18
- hong kong · 73
- fight · 60
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #610 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (27th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Thriller productions specifically: #133 of 179 (top 74%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Hasbro, Bluegrass Films, Film 44, October Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 11m |
| Release Date | April 11, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt1440129 |