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Released
2011 · FILM

War of the Arrows

A skilled archer embarks on a deadly mission to rescue his sister from the ruthless Qing forces after she is captured just before her wedding, risking everything to defy the invading empire.

“A hero is born, the legend begins”

Directed by
Kim Han Min
Written by
Kim Han Min
Runtime
122 min
Language
KO
ActionAdventure

Synopsis

After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one is kidnapped just before her wedding, the other takes up a campaign against the Manchus.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

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 Kim Chang JuShot by Kim Tae SungScored by Kim Tae SeongDesigned by Chun Seop Jang

Box Office

2011 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.1× 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

$49.0M

Budget$8.0M
Worldwide gross$49.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $251K — 1% of worldwide · International: $48.7M (99%)

Opening weekend: $24K — 10% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $32K — 13% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1 theaters

Also known as

  • War of the Arrowsde
  • War of the Arrowsen
  • Guerra de flechases

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