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.
Audience Engagement
328 audience reviews — more than 92% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $620 per minute on screen and earned $4K per minute back.
Hong Kong × Japan and South Korea Co-Production
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The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window
Three… Extremes holds position #12 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 20 titles released, including Three… Extremes. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (146 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Hong Kong films in 2004.
The 569th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
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 |