| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| China Box Office | $31,790,000 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $32,887,948 | Details |
| Further financial details... | ||
| China Releases: | August 7th, 2020 (Wide), released as The Message |
| Running Time: | 118 minutes |
| Keywords: | Political Thriller, Double Agent, 1940s, Occupying Army, Ensemble, Tortured for Information, Political, Set in China, World War II |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Thriller/Suspense |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production Countries: | China |
| Languages: | Mandarin |
Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/07/24 | 6 | $210,000 | 2,391 | $88 | $30,110,000 | 1 | |
| 2020/07/31 | 11 | $180,000 | -14% | 2,578 | $70 | $30,550,000 | 1 |
| 2020/08/07 | 12 | $120,000 | -33% | 1,742 | $69 | $30,840,000 | 1 |
| 2020/08/14 | - | $90,000 | -25% | 855 | $105 | $31,110,000 | 2 |
| 2020/08/21 | - | $70,000 | -22% | 363 | $193 | $31,200,000 | 3 |
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 8/7/2020 | $210,000 | 2391 | 2578 | 7929 | $31,790,000 | 9/9/2020 |
| Rest of World | $1,097,948 | ||||||
| Worldwide Total | $32,887,948 | 9/9/2020 | |||||
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| Zhou Xun | Gu Xiaomeng | |
| Li Bingbing | Li Ningyu | |
| Zhang Hanyu | Wu Zhiguo | |
| Xiaoming Huang | Takeda | |
| Alec Su | Bai Xiaonian | |
| Wang Zhiwen | Wang Daoxiang | |
| Ying Da | Jin Shenghuo |
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| Chen Kuo-fu | Director | |
| Gao Qunshu | Director | |
| Chen Kuo-fu | Screenwriter | |
| Mai Jia | Story Creator | |
| Chen Kuo-fu | Producer | |
| Xiaogang Feng | Producer | |
| Zhang Dajun | Producer | |
| Wang Tianyun | Producer | |
| Jake Pollock | Cinematographer | |
| Yang Xiao | Editor | |
| Michiru Oshima | Composer |
