Hero (film)

Hero ({{zh-cp|c=英雄|p=yīng xióng}}) is a film first released in China on October 24 2002. It was both the most expensive and the highest-grossing motion picture in Chinese cinema history. It hit US theaters on August 27 2004 despite the fact that the Asian DVD had already been available for over a year. It became the top-grossing film in the first week of its US debut, at US$18M, and continued to lead the US box office in its second week at US$11.5M. It fell to the fourth place in its third week at US$4.4M. It set a record as the highest-grossing opening-weekend foreign language film in the United States. The US edition of the DVD, with Mandarin, English, and French sound tracks, was released on November 30 2004.

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Film - China - October 24 - 2002 - August 27 - 2004 - DVD - November 30

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Hero is a film of the wuxia genre, directed by Zhang Yimou. It stars Jet Li as the nameless hero, loosely based on the legendary Jing Ke. A team of assassins is played by Maggie Cheung (Flying Snow), Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Broken Sword), Donnie Yen (Long Sky). Zhang Ziyi played a minor role as the character Moon. Chen Daoming plays their intended target, the King of Qin.

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Wuxia - Zhang Yimou - Jet Li - Jing Ke - Assassin - Maggie Cheung - Tony Leung Chiu Wai - Donnie Yen - Zhang Ziyi - Chen Daoming - King of Qin

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