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Released
2015 · FILM

Dragon Blade

Wrongfully framed commander Huo An must fight his way out of slavery and unite with a fleeing Roman general to expose a deadly conspiracy threatening the Western Regions.

When the Eagle meets the Dragon

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
127 min
Language
ZH
ActionDramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Huo An, commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, is wrongfully framed by corrupt forces and reduced to slavery. Meanwhile, a Roman general flees to China after saving the Prince from danger. The two heroes cross paths in the Western Desert, setting off a dramatic and action-packed sequence of events.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

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

Shot by Tony CheungScored by Henry LaiDesigned by Thomas Chong

Box Office

2015 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$121.5M

Budget$65.0M
Worldwide gross$121.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $74K 0% of worldwide · International: $121.5M (100%)

Opening weekend: $41K 56% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Peak 14 theaters

Also known as

  • Dragon Bladede
  • Dragon Bladeen
  • Dragon Blade - La battaglia degli imperiit
  • La battaglia degli imperi: Dragon Bladeit

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