Back الثمانمائة Arabic Səkkiz yüz (film, 2020) Azerbaijani Els 800 Catalan The Eight Hundred Welsh The 800 German The Eight Hundred Spanish هشتصد (فیلم) Persian La Brigade des 800 French 88 (סרט) HE The Eight Hundred ID
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| Chinese | 八佰 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bābǎi |
| Directed by | Guan Hu |
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| Cinematography | Cao Yu |
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| Music by | Andrew Kawczynski |
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| Distributed by | Huayi Brothers CMC Pictures Holdings (international) |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | China |
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| Budget | $80 million[1] |
| Box office | $461.4 million |
The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) is a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, and Yu Haoming. The film is based on real life events: the defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai by Chinese NRA troops during the Battle of Shanghai and the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression also known as Second Sino-Japanese War.
Originally scheduled for release in July 2019, the premiere and the nationwide release was moved to August 21, 2020.[2][3] The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $461 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2020.[4][5]
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- ^ "War epic film 'The Eight Hundred' to hit Chinese theaters". China Daily. 2020-08-05. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (27 April 2021). "'Godzilla Vs Kong' Thrashes Past $400M Global; 'Demon Slayer' Reaches New WW Milestone – International Box Office". Deadline.
- ^ Xu, Ting Ting (2020-11-12). "New Asian Cinema: The Eight Hundred (Babai), (China)". Golden Globe Awards. Archived from the original on 2020-11-14. Retrieved 2021-01-31.