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Released
2006 · FILM

Curse of the Golden Flower

An imperious Tang emperor fights to preserve his absolute rule as hidden conspiracies within his own palace threaten to ignite a deadly war of love and betrayal.

“Unspeakable secrets are hidden within the Forbidden City.”

Directed by
Yimou Zhang
Written by
Yimou Zhang, Nan Wu
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
114 min
Language
ZH
ActionDramaRomance

Synopsis

During China's Tang dynasty, the emperor married the princess of a neighboring province, who bore him two sons and raised his eldest. By this time, his authority over his realm is absolute, extending even to the royal family.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 30

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Long ChengShot by Xiaoding ZhaoScored by Shigeru UmebayashiDesigned by Tingxiao Huo

Box Office

2006 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$78.6M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$78.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $6.6M — 8% of worldwide · International: $72.0M (92%)

Opening weekend: $14K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $14K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Fluch der goldenen Blumede
  • Der Fluch der Goldenen Blume - Curse of the Golden Flowerde
  • Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎde
  • Curse of the Golden Floweren
  • Mǎnchéng Jìndài Huángjīnjiǎes
  • La Cité interditefr
  • La città proibitait

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