#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 4
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 151 to 200 of 1,044. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 151
Jan 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.2M - 152
May 20, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.1M - 153
Apr 29, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.1M - 154
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: $594.6K Rest of the world: $43.3M Worldwide: $43.9M - 155
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: $181.6K Rest of the world: $43.3M Worldwide: $43.5M - 156
Mar 29, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43M - 157
Dec 12, 2007 US and Canada: $129.1K Rest of the world: $42.8M Worldwide: $42.9M - 158
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: $521.4K Rest of the world: $41.6M Worldwide: $42.1M - 159
Jun 12, 2026 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $35.3M Worldwide: $41.8M - 160
Nov 23, 2018 US and Canada: $472.2K Rest of the world: $41M Worldwide: $41.5M - 161
Jan 17, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.5M - 162
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40M - 163
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017) Dec 1, 2017 · Action, Drama $40M worldwideDec 1, 2017 US and Canada: $14.2K Rest of the world: $40M Worldwide: $40M - 164
Nov 26, 2014 US and Canada: $375.5K Rest of the world: $38.8M Worldwide: $39.2M - 165
Nov 5, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.1M - 166
Jan 30, 2026 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $37M Worldwide: $38.9M - 167
Sep 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.7M - 168
Feb 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.7M - 169
Sep 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.6M - 170
Sep 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.5M - 171
Apr 7, 2023 US and Canada: $129K Rest of the world: $36.1M Worldwide: $36.3M - 172
Nov 19, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.1M - 173
Dec 29, 2017 US and Canada: $70.8K Rest of the world: $35.3M Worldwide: $35.4M - 174
Dec 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35M - 175
Mar 20, 2015 US and Canada: $188.8K Rest of the world: $34.7M Worldwide: $34.9M - 176
Oct 4, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.8M - 177
May 23, 1997 US and Canada: $34.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $34.7M - 178
Oct 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.1M - 179
Nov 14, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.8M - 180
Jul 10, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.8M - 181
Apr 24, 2009 US and Canada: $23.1M Rest of the world: $9.4M Worldwide: $32.5M - 182
Jul 6, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.4M - 183
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.2M - 184
Nov 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32M - 185
Jul 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.9M - 186
Oct 1, 2015 US and Canada: $92.7K Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $31.2M - 187
Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: $90.5K Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $31.2M - 188
Mar 6, 2020 US and Canada: $12.6K Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $31.1M - 189
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: $337.7K Rest of the world: $30.7M Worldwide: $31M - 190
May 24, 2013 US and Canada: $14.4K Rest of the world: $30.7M Worldwide: $30.7M - 191
Aug 19, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.2M - 192
Feb 12, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.2M - 193
Jan 26, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.1M - 194
Apr 23, 2010 US and Canada: $23.6M Rest of the world: $5.8M Worldwide: $29.4M - 195
Mar 7, 2014 US and Canada: $12.7K Rest of the world: $29.1M Worldwide: $29.1M - 196
Dec 11, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.7M - 197
Jul 15, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.9M - 198
Aug 20, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.7M - 199
Apr 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.4M - 200
Apr 22, 2011 US and Canada: $50.4K Rest of the world: $27.3M Worldwide: $27.4M
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)