#1 of 1,044 Highest-grossing Chinese-language movie ever
2025 · Animation, Drama
$2.3B worldwide
$23.3M US & Canada · 1% $2.2B elsewhere · 99%
Chinese box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Chinese Movies of All Time, Page 3
Ne Zha 2 (2025) is the highest-grossing Chinese-language movie in our database, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) at $902.5M and Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) at $870.3M. 1,044 Chinese-language films in our database report a worldwide gross, $35.5B in all, 2% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 82 crossed $100 million. By genre, Drama leads with $21.2B across 612 Chinese releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,044
- combined worldwide
- $35.5B
- films crossed $100M
- 82
- earned in the US & Canada
- 2%
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All 1,044 Chinese Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 1,044. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
Feb 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.1M - 102
Apr 24, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78M - 103
Jul 26, 2013 US and Canada: $23.5K Rest of the world: $77.7M Worldwide: $77.7M - 104
Jan 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $77.2M - 105
Nov 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.4M - 106
Dec 22, 2010 US and Canada: $426.9K Rest of the world: $75.7M Worldwide: $76.1M - 107
Jul 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.2M - 108
Jun 13, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.9M - 109
Aug 23, 2013 US and Canada: $6.6M Rest of the world: $67.3M Worldwide: $73.9M - 110
Apr 25, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $73.1M - 111
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $436.8K Rest of the world: $70.4M Worldwide: $70.8M - 112
Jan 29, 2015 US and Canada: $311K Rest of the world: $68.5M Worldwide: $68.8M - 113
Dec 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68M - 114
Sep 28, 2007 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $62.5M Worldwide: $67.1M - 115
Feb 14, 2014 US and Canada: $428.3K Rest of the world: $65.4M Worldwide: $65.8M - 116
Jul 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.5M - 117
Feb 27, 2015 US and Canada: $165.4K Rest of the world: $64.2M Worldwide: $64.3M - 118
Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.2M - 119
Feb 14, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $62.5M - 120
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $34.7K Rest of the world: $62.1M Worldwide: $62.1M - 121
Aug 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.6M - 122
Jun 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60M - 123
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $686.4K Rest of the world: $58.3M Worldwide: $59M - 124
Jun 24, 2011 US and Canada: $151K Rest of the world: $58.2M Worldwide: $58.3M - 125
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: $779.8K Rest of the world: $57.3M Worldwide: $58.1M - 126
Sep 29, 2016 US and Canada: $350.5K Rest of the world: $57.7M Worldwide: $58.1M - 127
Jan 5, 2018 US and Canada: $186.1K Rest of the world: $57.4M Worldwide: $57.6M - 128
Sep 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $57.1M - 129
Apr 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.6M - 130
Apr 28, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.2M - 131
Apr 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.1M - 132
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54.7M - 133
Jul 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $53.3M - 134
May 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.7M - 135
Jun 26, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.3M - 136
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) Sep 2, 2011 · Action, Mystery $51.9M worldwideSep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $459.8K Rest of the world: $51.4M Worldwide: $51.9M - 137
Dec 17, 2021 US and Canada: $36.5K Rest of the world: $51.6M Worldwide: $51.6M - 138
Sep 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.4M - 139
Aug 27, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.2M - 140
Mar 22, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.6M - 141
Mar 7, 2008 US and Canada: $207.4K Rest of the world: $49.3M Worldwide: $49.5M - 142
Jan 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.6M - 143
Aug 16, 2013 US and Canada: $43.8K Rest of the world: $47.2M Worldwide: $47.3M - 144
Jun 18, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $46.5M - 145
Dec 15, 2017 US and Canada: $124.2K Rest of the world: $46.1M Worldwide: $46.3M - 146
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $196.6K Rest of the world: $45.5M Worldwide: $45.7M - 147
Feb 14, 2015 US and Canada: $482.3K Rest of the world: $45.3M Worldwide: $45.7M - 148
Aug 11, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.7M - 149
Dec 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.5M - 150
Dec 24, 2014 US and Canada: $271.7K Rest of the world: $45.1M Worldwide: $45.4M
Archive
Chinese Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1947 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $4.6B, led by Ne Zha (2019).
2020s 7 years · $14.3B
2010s 10 years · $19.3B
- 2019 $4.6B #1 Ne Zha (2019)
- 2018 $3.5B #1 Operation Red Sea (2018)
- 2017 $3.2B #1 Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
- 2016 $2.2B #1 Monster Hunt (2016)
- 2015 $2.6B #1 Lost in Hong Kong (2015)
- 2014 $1.1B #1 Journey to the West (2014)
- 2013 $1.3B #1 Lost in Thailand (2013)
- 2012 $289.1M #1 Chinese Zodiac (2012)
- 2011 $325.1M #1 Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
- 2010 $281.6M #1 If You Are the One 2 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $1.7B
- 2009 $205M #1 Red Cliff (2009)
- 2008 $681.4M #1 Sex and the City (2008)
- 2007 $184.4M #1 Lust, Caution (2007)
- 2006 $130.2M #1 Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
- 2005 $140.6M #1 Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
- 2004 $120.8M #1 House of Flying Daggers (2004)
- 2003 $5.4M #1 Sweet Sixteen (2003)
- 2002 $7.4M #1 Lan yu (2002)
- 2001 $16.2M #1 In the Mood for Love (2001)
- 2000 $216.8M #1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
1990s 10 years · $172.5M
- 1999 $28.5M #1 Election (1999)
- 1998 $1M #1 Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
- 1997 $36.2M #1 Addicted to Love (1997)
- 1996 $26.9M #1 Eye for an Eye (1996)
- 1995 $3.2M #1 Shanghai Triad (1995)
- 1994 $9.7M #1 Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
- 1993 $27M #1 Undercover Blues (1993)
- 1992 $19.6M #1 Hero (1992)
- 1991 $4.7M #1 Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
- 1990 $15.6M #1 Revenge (1990)
1980s 9 years · $46.7M
- 1989 $220.8K #1 A City of Sadness (1989)
- 1988 $108.4K #1 Red Sorghum (1988)
- 1987 $2.6K #1 Daughter of the Nile (1987)
- 1986 $7.8M #1 The Best of Times (1986)
- 1985 $35.3K #1 Taipei Story (1985)
- 1984 $23.8M #1 Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
- 1983 $37.5K #1 That Day, on the Beach (1983)
- 1981 $14.5M #1 Rich and Famous (1981)
- 1980 $228.5K #1 Haunted Tales (1980)