Hong Kong The Monkey King 2 is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精
Taking place 500 years after the Havoc in Heaven, the Tang Priest is appointed by Buddha to go to the West to fetch the sacred scriptures, only to accidentally free the Monkey King. With Lady White aiming to break up the team assembled to defeat her, the Monkey King must fight in order to save his world!
Audience Engagement
85 audience reviews — more than 78% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity (96th percentile) outruns review volume (78th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × China Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×China titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Monkey King 2. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Filmko Pictures
Action + Adventure in Hong Kong
81 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Monkey King 2 itself).
The 2015–2017 Hong Kong Window
The Monkey King 2 holds position #36 of 57 Hong Kong films in the 2015–2017 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 The Monkey King 2 premiered alongside 18 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 0m runtime, production spent $571K per minute on screen and earned $1.6M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Hong Kong films in 2016.
The 759th 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 The Monkey King 2, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- dragon · 26
- buddhist monk · 8
- tiger · 8
- journey to the west · 7
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #577 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (31st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #379 of 516 (top 73%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, China |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Filmko Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | January 22, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4591310 |
| Official Site | themonkeykingmovie.com |