The Flowers of War
“Fighting for freedom.”
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.
Genres
Drama, History, War
Studio
New Picture Company
Language
zh
Status
Released
How The Flowers of War performed
Budget
$94.0M
Worldwide Gross
$95.3M
Gross Profit
$1.3M
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$14M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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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