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Chinese Zodiac

2012 123 min Cantonese PG-13
Wubly rating 5.7 IMDb rating 6.0

“Twelve heads. Five continents. One man.”

Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

Part of Armour of God Collection

4 films

Cast

35 people

Jackie Chan Director · Stanley Tong Gwai-lai Writer

Worldwide gross $171M · Budget $26M · United States release October 18, 2013

Box office

Budget

$26,000,000

Worldwide gross

$171,339,013

Gross vs. budget

6.6×

Production

J

JCE Movies

Production

B

Beijing Dragon Garden Culture & Art

Production

H

Huayi Brothers Pictures

Production

J

Jackie & JJ Productions

Production

S

Shanghai Film Group

Production

E

Emperor Motion Pictures

Production

G

Golden Harvest Productions

Production

China · Hong Kong SAR China

Produced in

Languages

Original title

十二生肖

Original language

Cantonese

Spoken on screen

Chinese · English · French · Russian · Spanish

Release dates

Hong Kong SAR China · December 12, 2012

Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival

China · December 20, 2012

Theatrical

United States · October 18, 2013

Theatrical

Australia

June 12, 2014 · Physical

Bahrain

January 10, 2013 · Theatrical

Brazil

December 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Cambodia

January 3, 2013 · Premiere · Legend-Cinema Cambodia

January 3, 2013 · Theatrical

Denmark

August 11, 2014 · Physical

Estonia

March 1, 2013 · Theatrical

Finland

June 11, 2014 · Physical

France

June 10, 2014 · Physical

Germany

January 30, 2014 · Theatrical

January 31, 2014 · Physical

Greece

May 2, 2013 · Theatrical

July 16, 2013 · Physical · DVD,Blu-ray

Hong Kong SAR China

December 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Hungary

June 11, 2014 · Physical

India

January 4, 2013 · Theatrical

Italy

June 18, 2014 · Physical

Japan

April 13, 2013 · Theatrical

Kazakhstan

January 31, 2013 · Theatrical

May 25, 2013 · TV

Kuwait

January 10, 2013 · Theatrical

Latvia

March 14, 2013 · Theatrical

Lithuania

May 10, 2013 · Theatrical

Malaysia

December 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Netherlands

June 4, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray

March 12, 2019 · TV · RTL 7

Philippines

January 30, 2013 · Theatrical

Russia

January 31, 2013 · Theatrical

May 20, 2013 · TV

Singapore

December 20, 2012 · Theatrical

South Korea

February 27, 2013 · Theatrical

Spain

August 28, 2014 · Physical

Sweden

June 11, 2014 · Physical

Taiwan

December 28, 2012 · Theatrical

Thailand

December 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Türkiye

April 5, 2013 · Theatrical

Ukraine

January 31, 2013 · Theatrical

United Arab Emirates

January 10, 2013 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

June 2, 2014 · Physical · Certification from BBFC (CZ12)

Vietnam

December 20, 2012 · Theatrical

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