Hong Kong Three… Extremes returned 6.7× its production cost, earning $517K against a $78K budget — one of the highest-return Hong Kong films in our catalog.
Synopsis
쓰리, 몬스터
“From the Nightmares of 3 Horror Masters.”
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors: Dumplings, directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong, Cut directed by Park Chan-Wook of Korea, and Box directed by Miike Takashi of Japan.
The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window
50 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Three… Extremes sits at position #12.
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The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Three… Extremes premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $620 per minute on screen and earned $4K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #191 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #7 of 81 (top 9%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | Applause Pictures, Bom Film Productions, CJ Entertainment, Fortissimo Films, KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | August 20, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0420251 |