Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
“The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.”
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Studio
Huayi Brothers Pictures
Language
zh
Status
Released
How Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame performed
Budget
$13.0M
Worldwide Gross
$51.7M
Gross Profit
$38.7M
Return
4.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Detective Dee
Andy Lau
Detective Dee
Shangguan Jing'er
Li Bingbing
Shangguan Jing'er
Pei Donglai
Deng Chao
Pei Donglai
Shatuo Zhong
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Shatuo Zhong
Wu Zetian
Carina Lau
Wu Zetian
Wang Lu (before face-lift)
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Wang Lu (before face-lift)
Wang Lu (after face-lift)
Teddy Robin
Wang Lu (after face-lift)
Xue Yong
Liu Jinshan
Xue Yong
Li Xiao
Yao Lu
Li Xiao
Xiazi Ling
Wang Deshun
Xiazi Ling
Prison Officer
He Shengming
Prison Officer
Zhang Xun
Huang Yonggang
Zhang Xun
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