Big Trouble in Little China
7.2
“Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.”
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
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Cast
54 people
Kurt Russell
Jack Burton
Known for
The Hateful Eight
The Thing
Kim Cattrall
Gracie Law
Known for
Sex and the City
Police Academy
Dennis Dun
Wang Chi
Known for
The Last Emperor
Prince of Darkness
James Hong
David Lo Pan
Known for
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny
Victor Wong
Egg Shen
Known for
Tremors
3 Ninjas
Kate Burton
Margo
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
127 Hours
Donald Li
Eddie Lee
Known for
U.S. Marshals
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Carter Huang Chia-Ta
Thunder
Known for
Hapkido
Peter Kwong
Rain
Known for
The Golden Child
Cooties
James Pax
Lightning
Known for
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
The Heroic Trio
Suzee Pai
Miao Yin
Known for
Sharky's Machine
Chao Li Chi
Uncle Chu
Known for
The Nutty Professor
Falcon Crest
John Carpenter Director · David Z. Weinstein Screenplay Gary Goldman Screenplay
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $25M · United States release July 2, 1986
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$11,102,672
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Taft Entertainment Pictures
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
SLM Production Group
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English
Release dates
Denmark · May 30, 1986
Theatrical
United States · July 2, 1986
Theatrical
Australia
July 1, 1986 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 23, 1986 · TV
Colombia
February 12, 1987 · Theatrical
Finland
May 30, 1986 · Theatrical
France
September 3, 1986 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
September 17, 1986 · Theatrical
Greece
September 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
July 15, 1986 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 28, 1988 · Theatrical
India
March 8, 1987 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 28, 1986 · Theatrical
Italy
September 2, 1986 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
September 5, 1986 · Theatrical
Japan
January 17, 1987 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 28, 1986 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 4, 1986 · Theatrical
July 6, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
March 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Norway
May 30, 1986 · Theatrical
Peru
November 27, 1986 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 14, 1986 · Theatrical
December 19, 1986 · Theatrical
Romania
May 30, 1986 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 26, 1986 · Theatrical
Spain
November 17, 1986 · Theatrical
June 19, 1987 · Physical
Sweden
May 30, 1986 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
November 15, 1986 · Theatrical
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