The Wandering Earth
When a dying Sun threatens to incinerate humanity, a daring team of astronauts must steer the planet’s colossal engines toward a new star system while battling catastrophic forces that could smash Earth into Jupiter.
Synopsis
When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.
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A crew of 52+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Ka Fai CheungShot by Michael LiuScored by Roc ChenDesigned by Ang Gao
Box Office
2019 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 15× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$699.9M
US & Canada: $6.0M — 1% of worldwide · International: $693.9M (99%)
Opening weekend: $502K — 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $502K — 8% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 34 theaters
Also known as
- Die wandernde Erdede
- The Wandering Earthen
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Cast & Crew
52 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jing Wu
as Liu Peiqiang
Wu Jing
as Liu Peiqiang
Man Tat Ng
as Han Ziang
Qu Chuxiao
as Liu Qi
Hexuan Guo
as Childhood Liu Qi
Li Guangjie
as Wang Lei
Zhi Wang
as Liu Qi's Mother
Ng Man Tat
as Han Ziang
Cixin Liu
as Space Station Officer A
Zhao Jinmai
as Han Duoduo
Jingfei Guo
as Space Station Officer B
Michael Kai Sui
as Tim
Supporting cast
31Chuxiao Qu
as Liu Qi
Qu Jingjing
as Zhou Qian
Luoyi Tao
as Teacher
Zhang Yichi
as Li Yiyi
Jinmai Zhao
as Han Duoduo
Yang Haoyu
as He Lianke
Jiayin Lei
as Yi Ge
Arkady Sharogradsky
as Makalov
Li Hongchen
as Zhang Xiaoqiang
Yang Yi
as Yang Jie
Jiang Zhigang
as Zhao Zhigang
Zhang Huan
as Huang Ming
Lei Jiayin
as Yi Ge
Ning Hao
as Er Shu
Liu Cixin
as Space Station Officer A
Guo Jingfei
as Space Station Officer B
Wang Zhi
as Liu Qi's Mom
Zhang Zixian
as Huang Guosheng
Lu Yang
as Security Inspector A
Zhang Ning
as Security Inspector B
Zhang Xiaobei
as Railcar Driver
Rao Xiaozhi
as Space Station Engineer A
Wu Xiaoliang
as Chinese Rescuer A
Gong Geer
as Supply Station Prison Guard A
Frant Gwo
as Forklift Driver
Guo Hexuan
as Young Liu Qi
Li Zhuozhao
as Teenage Liu Qi
Tao Luoyi
as Teacher
Zhang Aiqin
as Gambler
Li Peidong
as Security Inspector D
Yuan Shuai
as Elevator Passenger B
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