#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 5
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 201 to 250 of 1,044. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 201
Aug 6, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.3M - 202
Dec 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27M - 203
Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $26.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.9M - 204
Feb 16, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.8M - 205
Jun 6, 2008 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $26.5M - 206
Oct 5, 2015 US and Canada: $46.8K Rest of the world: $26.2M Worldwide: $26.3M - 207
Aug 29, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.2M - 208
Aug 8, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.2M - 209
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26M - 210
Dec 5, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.9M - 211
Oct 28, 2016 US and Canada: $356.3K Rest of the world: $25.2M Worldwide: $25.5M - 212
Dec 22, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25M - 213
Sep 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.9M - 214
Jul 31, 2015 US and Canada: $34.9K Rest of the world: $24.8M Worldwide: $24.8M - 215
Jul 26, 2013 US and Canada: $128.2K Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $24.7M - 216
Dec 12, 2019 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: $24.4M Worldwide: $24.4M - 217
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.7M - 218
Apr 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.6M - 219
Dec 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.4M - 220
Sep 16, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23M - 221
Feb 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23M - 222
Feb 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.9M - 223
Dec 3, 2015 US and Canada: $212.5K Rest of the world: $22.7M Worldwide: $22.9M - 224
Aug 5, 2016 US and Canada: $34.3K Rest of the world: $22.8M Worldwide: $22.8M - 225
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $54.2K Rest of the world: $22.7M Worldwide: $22.8M - 226
Sep 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.6M - 227
Jul 17, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.5M - 228
Jan 4, 2019 US and Canada: $101.5K Rest of the world: $22.3M Worldwide: $22.4M - 229
Sep 20, 2013 US and Canada: $64.4K Rest of the world: $22.2M Worldwide: $22.3M - 230
Jan 12, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.8M - 231
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: $209.5K Rest of the world: $21.6M Worldwide: $21.8M - 232
Jul 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.8M - 233
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $82.8K Rest of the world: $20.4M Worldwide: $20.5M - 234
Aug 18, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.5M - 235
Apr 18, 2014 US and Canada: $172.3K Rest of the world: $20.2M Worldwide: $20.4M - 236
Aug 5, 2005 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $18.8M Worldwide: $20.2M - 237
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.1M - 238
Feb 10, 1984 US and Canada: $19.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.9M - 239
Dec 29, 2010 US and Canada: $3.2M Rest of the world: $16.5M Worldwide: $19.7M - 240
Hot Summer Days (Chuen sing yit luen - yit lat lat) (2010) Oct 1, 2010 · Comedy, Romance $19.6M worldwideOct 1, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.6M - 241
Dec 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.6M - 242
Oct 2, 1992 US and Canada: $19.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.5M - 243
Jan 31, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.3M - 244
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: $37.7K Rest of the world: $19.1M Worldwide: $19.1M - 245
May 1, 2019 US and Canada: $91.9K Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $19M - 246
Jul 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.9M - 247
Feb 5, 2019 US and Canada: $131.2K Rest of the world: $18.5M Worldwide: $18.7M - 248
Dec 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.7M - 249
Dec 31, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.6M - 250
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: $105.7K Rest of the world: $18.4M Worldwide: $18.5M
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)