Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
- Director
- Tsui Hark
- Signature
- Action · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $52M
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When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
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Box Office & Release
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame returned 4.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $52M
- Release date
- Sep 18, 2010
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Spanish, Mandarin
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
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