The Monkey King
Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers.After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India.Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.
- Worldwide
- $182M
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Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.
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Box Office & Release
The Monkey King returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $82M
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- Domestic gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $182M
- Release date
- Jan 9, 2014
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Mandarin
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
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