6.4 /10 1 Votes
79% Rotten Tomatoes Based on Daomu Bijiby Xu Lei Screenplay Kennedy Xu | 4.8/10 IMDb Chinese 盗墓笔记 Initial release July 2016 (China) Box office 1 billion CNY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jing BoranLuhanMa Sichun Productioncompanies Shanghai Film GroupLe Vision Pictures (Beijing)Zhejiang Nanpai Pictures Release date August 5, 2016 (2016-08-05) Cast Boran Jing, Sichun Ma, Lu Han, Wang Jingchun, Zhang Boyu Similar Directed by Daniel Lee, Adventure movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time Raiders (Chinese: 盗墓笔记) is a 2016 Chinese fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Daniel Lee and starring Jing Boran and Luhan. It is based on the online novel series Daomu Biji written by Xu Lei. The film was released in China by Le Vision Pictures on August 5, 2016.
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Plot
Raised by his Uncle Wu Sanxing (Wang Jingchun), Wu Xie (Luhan) is fascinated by old architecture and antiques. Once, his family had got a very special piece of bronze by accident, but when they dug deeper, they traced and found a lost kingdom buried in the basin of north-west China named Xiwangmu Dynasty. Thus, Wu’s family recruited a group of expert raiders, including a mysterious stranger by the name of Zhang Qiling (Jing Boran), and went deep into the ruins of the ancient city.
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Box office
The film earned $5.8 million in Thursday previews, $24.1 on its opening day and $70.8 million on its opening weekend ($64.6 million excluding previews) debuting in first place at the Chinese box office. It performed exceptionally well in IMAX where the film brought in $5 million for the opening weekend from 309 IMAX theaters, marking the largest IMAX opening of the summer for a Chinese local-language film, and the third biggest of all time, behind Mojin — The Lost Legend ($7.5 million) and Monster Hunt ($7.2 million). It had the largest circuit of theaters in the country by registering with over 85,000 screenings per day and the best per screen average, with close to $1,000 per screen, per day. Excluding previews, its weekend take was not only the biggest in China but the third biggest internationally, behind Suicide Squad and The Secret Life of Pets. The film's impressive Chinese opening weekend was helped by fans of young, popular stars Lu Han and Jing Boran, whose enthusiasm outweighed overwhelmingly negative reviews.
Hindered by poor word of mouth and competition from local releases, it fell precipitously by 80% on its second weekend earning around $13 million and as a result fell to fourth place. Nonetheless, it managed to pass $150 million and became the one and only local summer release to cross that mark this year.
