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#5,095 All-time worldwide
#166 2011 releases

Movie profile

A Chinese Ghost Story

2011 · 100 min · Golden Sun Films

Fantasy Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$9.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Chinese Ghost Story ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #5,095 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #166 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Primary genre #692 Fantasy of 1,285 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) perform at the box office?

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A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $24.7M. In this database it currently ranks #5,095 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #166 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,708,786
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Government official Ling Choi Sin journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village, to help its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of volunteers up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons as well as a lovely girl named Siu Sin. After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her... and then realises that he is caught in a deadly triangle; another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 21, 2011
Production
Golden Sun Films
Countries
HK, CN

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Studio / production companyGolden Sun Films Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, A Chinese Ghost Story is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Action title from Golden Sun Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,095 all-time in the current chart set and #166 among 2011 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.