House of Flying Daggers
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers.A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Worldwide
- $93M
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Cast
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What It's About
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In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
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Box Office & Release
House of Flying Daggers returned 6.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $93M
- Release date
- Jul 16, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
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