Curse of the Golden FlowerFollow

Name: Curse of the Golden Flower
Director: Zhang Yimou
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Released: 2006
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Qin Junjie

2006 • R • 1h 54m • Action, Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Classics

Unspeakable secrets are hidden within the Forbidden City.

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7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$479K

Limited · 60 theaters

Domestic total

$6.57M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.90M

$70.34M international

Domestic legs3.5x from $1.9M first wide weekend

Budget$45M

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Cast & crew

Full Yimou filmography

Zhang Yimou Director

Chow Yun-Fat Starring

Gong Li Starring

ScreenplayBian Zhihong, Zhang Yimou Produced byBill Kong, Ronald Wong, Zhang Weiping CinematographyZhao Xiaoding MusicShigeru Umebayashi Prod. DesignTingxiao Huo StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 19 $478.8K — 60 $7,980 $492.9K

2 Dec 29-31 25 $448.3K −6.4% 60 $7,471 $1.5M

3 Jan 5-7 29 $335.8K −25.1% 55 $6,105 $2.2M

4 Jan 12-14 19 $1.9M +457.8% 1,234 $1,518 $4.2M

5 Jan 19-21 27 $820.1K −56.2% 1,149 $714 $5.8M

6 Jan 26-28 45 $135.5K −83.5% 91 $1,490 $6.2M

7 Feb 2-4 49 $66.8K −50.7% 55 $1,215 $6.4M

8 Feb 9-11 50 $65.4K −2.2% 36 $1,816 $6.5M

9 Feb 16-18 62 $10.6K −83.8% 9 $1,177 $6.5M

10 Feb 23-25 72 $8.9K −16.0% 7 $1,270 $6.5M

11 Mar 2-4 91 $3.2K −63.7% 7 $461 $6.5M

12 Mar 9-11 65 $13.6K +322.6% 63 $216 $6.5M

13 Mar 16-18 87 $4.2K −69.1% 16 $264 $6.6M

14 Mar 23-25 116 $739 −82.5% 3 $246 $6.6M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $8.9K

$478.8K

$448.3K

$335.8K

$1.9M

$820.1K

$135.5K

$66.8K

$65.4K

$10.6K

$8.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.0%

−6.4%

W1→2

−25.1%

W2→3

+457.8%

W3→4

−56.2%

W4→5

−83.5%

W5→6

−50.7%

W6→7

−2.2%

W7→8

−83.8%

W8→9

−16.0%

W9→10

Steepest −83.8%Biggest gain +457.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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