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Released
2017 · FILM

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

Directed by
Hark Tsui
Written by
Stephen Chow, Si Cheun Lee
Runtime
109 min
Language
ZH
AdventureComedyFantasy

Synopsis

The narrative follows Tang Monk as he leads three disciples on a journey westward. Although outward appearances suggest harmony, underlying tension exists and the characters' thoughts are not aligned. Following several incidents involving the capture of demons, the monk and his disciples come to understand each other's difficulties and anxieties. They ultimately resolve their internal conflicts and cooperate as a unified team that exorcises demons.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Lin LiShot by Sung Fai ChoiScored by Ying Wah WongDesigned by Yoshihito Akatsuka

Box Office

2017 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.9× 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

$248.8M

Budget$63.9M
Worldwide gross$248.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $880K — 0% of worldwide · International: $247.9M (100%)

Opening weekend: $464K — 53% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $605K — 69% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 67 theaters

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