Kung Fu Hustle
So many gangsters… so little time.
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai.Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies.Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places.Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
- Director
- Stephen Chow
- Worldwide
- $102M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
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The record
Awards
2 wins
Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film
1 win
- WinnerGolden Horse Award for Best Feature Film
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
1 win
- WinnerHong Kong Film Award for Best Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Kung Fu Hustle returned 5.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $102M
- Release date
- Feb 10, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Cantonese
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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