#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 9
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 401 to 450 of 1,044. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 401
Apr 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M - 402
Nov 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M - 403
Dec 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M - 404
Oct 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M - 405
Mar 11, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M - 406
Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M - 407
Dec 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M - 408
Apr 12, 2012 US and Canada: $191.8K Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $4.8M - 409
Aug 15, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M - 410
Aug 2, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M - 411
Mar 4, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.6M - 412
Feb 2, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.6M - 413
Dec 24, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.5M - 414
Nov 20, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.5M - 415
Feb 11, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.5M - 416
Sep 24, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.5M - 417
Jul 14, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4M - 418
Jan 29, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.2M - 419
Aug 16, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.2M - 420
Feb 10, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.2M - 421
Feb 21, 2025 US and Canada: $671.3K Rest of the world: $3.5M Worldwide: $4.1M - 422
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1M - 423
Jan 10, 2025 US and Canada: $408K Rest of the world: $3.7M Worldwide: $4.1M - 424
Mar 30, 2012 US and Canada: $256.5K Rest of the world: $3.8M Worldwide: $4M - 425
Nov 17, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4M - 426
Sep 28, 2012 US and Canada: $59.1K Rest of the world: $4M Worldwide: $4M - 427
Sep 20, 2013 US and Canada: $37.9K Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $4M - 428
May 16, 2003 US and Canada: $316.3K Rest of the world: $3.6M Worldwide: $4M - 429
Jul 31, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.9M - 430
Oct 23, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.9M - 431
Aug 31, 1984 US and Canada: $3.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.9M - 432
Jul 26, 2002 US and Canada: $116.3K Rest of the world: $3.7M Worldwide: $3.9M - 433
Oct 7, 2011 US and Canada: $135.7K Rest of the world: $3.7M Worldwide: $3.8M - 434
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.8M - 435
Jan 31, 2025 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $3.8M - 436
Aug 12, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7M - 437
Jul 11, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7M - 438
Sep 5, 2025 US and Canada: $365.5K Rest of the world: $3.3M Worldwide: $3.7M - 439
Dec 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7M - 440
Sep 4, 2026 US and Canada: $370.5K Rest of the world: $3.3M Worldwide: $3.6M - 441
Jun 9, 2016 US and Canada: $3.5M Rest of the world: $143.8K Worldwide: $3.6M - 442
Sep 12, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.6M - 443
Aug 13, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 444
Apr 2, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 445
Feb 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 446
May 13, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 447
Jul 25, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 448
Jan 27, 2012 US and Canada: $47.9K Rest of the world: $3.4M Worldwide: $3.5M - 449
Aug 8, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4M - 450
May 4, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4M
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)