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#2,112 All-time worldwide
#79 2011 releases

Movie profile

The Flowers of War

2011 · 146 min · New Picture Company

Drama History War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $95.3M
Budget $94.0M
Gross minus budget $1.3M
ROI 1.01x

Domestic gross

$47.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$47.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Flowers of War 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 #2,112 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #79 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Primary genre #656 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#2,109 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 2013 · $95.4M #2,110 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet 2021 · $95.4M #2,111 Truth or Dare 2018 · $95.3M #2,113 Be Cool 2005 · $95.2M #2,114 40 Days and 40 Nights 2002 · $95.1M #2,115 42 2013 · $95.0M

Quick answer

How did The Flowers of War (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Flowers of War (2011) earned a reported $95.3M worldwide against a reported $94.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.01x. In this database it currently ranks #2,112 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #79 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$95,311,434
Budget
$94,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,311,434
ROI
1.01x
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

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 2011
Production
New Picture Company, Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd., EDKO Film
Countries
CN, HK

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, The Flowers of War is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, War title from New Picture Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $95.3M, reported production budget is $94.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.3M, ROI is 1.01x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,112 all-time in the current chart set and #79 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.