[List] Chinese Movies with Top Box Office Income

Only movies with box office income of more than 3 billion are listed. 5 military movies, 4 propaganda movies, and 5 comedies. There are 2 post-science movie and only one love movie. This means that if you want to earn a fair amount of money, you will have to make a comedy movie if it is not a war/propaganda movie.

The movies are

1. The Battle at Lake Changjin - 2021 

Type - Military movie

Other Note: Propaganda film for CCP centenary; The most expensive film ever made in China (200 million)

Director: Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dante Lam

Actors: Wu Jing; Yi Yangqianxi, Kevin Lee Duan Yihong Zhu Yawen Li Chen, Hu Jun Han Dongjun Huang Xuan

Box office revenue - 5.7 billion yuan

2. Wolf Warrior 2 - 2017

Type - Military movie

Other Notes - A sequel to Wolf Warrior; Produced by Wu Jing alone; actor script, Shooting

Director: Wu Jing

Actors: Wu Jing; Jiang Ping Zhao Haicheng, Li Yang Zhao Jianjun

Box office revenue - 5.68 billion yuan

3. Hi, Mom - 2021

Genre: Family Comedy

Another note - the only female-directed film on this list; Jia Ling alone acting / directing / screenplay. Based on the true story of Jia Ling

Director: Jia Ling

Actors: Jia Ling; Shen Teng, Chen He Zhang Xiaofei

Box office revenue - 5.41 billion yuan

4. Nezha - 2019

Genre: Adventure Cartoon

Other Notes - The only anime on this list; Screenplay and director alone

Director: Jiaozi

Actors (voice) - Lu Yanting; Joseph, Han Mo, Chen Hao

Box office revenue - 5.03 billion yuan

5. The Wandering Earth - 2019

Genre: Post-Sci-Fi

Other Notes - 1 of only two post-sci-fi cars on this list

Director: Frant Gwo

Actors: Qu Chuxiao; Li Guangjie Ng Man-tat (deceased); Zhao Jinmai Wu Jing

Box office revenue - 4.68 billion yuan

6. Detective Chinatown 3 - 2021 

Genre: Comedy Detective

Other Notes - Sequel to Detective Chinatown 2; Screenplay and director same person

Director: Chen Sicheng

Actors: Wang Baoqiang; Liu Haoran, Satoshi Tsumabuki Tony Jaa

Box office revenue - 4.52 billion yuan

7. The Battle at Lake Changjin 2 - 2022

Type - Military movie

Other Note: A sequel to The Battle at Lake Changjin

Director: Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dangte Lam

Actors: Wu Jing; Yi Yangqianxi, Duan Yihong Zhang Hanyu

Box office revenue - 4.05 billion yuan

7. Operation Red Sea - 2018

Type - Military movie

Other notes - joint strike with Hong Kong; Directed by The Battle at Lake Changjin

Director: Dante Lam

Actors -Zhang Yi; Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang, Jiang Luxia

Box office revenue - 3.65 billion yuan

8. Detective Chinatown 2 - 2018

Genre: Comedy Detective

Other Notes - Sequel to Detective Chinatown; Screenplay and director same person

Director: Chen Sicheng

Actors: Wang Baoqiang; Liu Haoran, Xiao Yang, Natasha Liu Bordizzo

Box office revenue - 3.39 billion yuan

9. The Mermaid - 2016

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Other notes - joint strike with Hong Kong; Stephen Chow Starring / Screenplay / Director / Producer

Director: Stephen Chow

Actors: Deng Chao; Lin Yun Show Lo Zhang Yuqi, Wu Yifan (Guest)

Box office revenue - 3.39 billion yuan

10. My People, My Country - 2019

Genre: History

Other note - Propaganda movie with 7 directors and many famous people

Director: Chen Kaige Zhang Yibai Guan Hu Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao Wen Muye

Actors: Huang Bo; Geng Le Ou Hao, Zhang Yi, Ren Xuxi, Wu Jing, Ma Yili Du Jiang, Zhu Yilong Wang Daotie, Ge You Liu Haoran, Chen Feiyu, Song Jia

Box office revenue - 3.17 billion yuan

11. Moon Man - 2022

Genre: Post-Sci-Fi Comedy

Another note - the only movie on this list that wasn't a 2022 propaganda movie. The director is in the script team

Director: Zhang Chiyu

Actors: Shen Teng; Ma Li, Chang Yuan, Li Chengru Hao Han Huang Zitao (Guest)

Box office revenue - 3.114 billion yuan

12. The Eight Hundred - 2020

Genre: Historical War

Another note - The director is in the script team

Director: Guan Hu

Actors: Huang Zhizhong; Zhang Junyi, Ou Hao, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun Li Chen, Zheng Kai

Box office revenue - 3.1 billion yuan

13. Dying to Survive - 2018

Genre: Comedy

Other Notes - Based on an actual incident. Directed by the director

Director: Wen Muye

Actors: Xu Zheng; Zhou Yiwei, Wang Chuanjun, Tan Zhuo

Box office revenue - 3.09 billion yuan

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