Go Away Mr. Tumor

Go Away Mr. Tumor
Theatrical poster
Directed byHan Yan
StarringBai Baihe
Daniel Wu
Production
company
Wanda Pictures
Distributed byChina Lion (U.S.)
Release date
  • August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$80.12 million[1][2]

Go Away Mr. Tumor (Chinese: 滚蛋吧！肿瘤君) is 2015 Chinese comedy-drama film. It is based on the life of comic book artist Xiong Dun, who after her cancer diagnosis authored a popular webcomic that became a sensation in China.[3] Xiong died in 2012 at the age of 30.

Directed by Han Yan and starring Bai Baihe and Daniel Wu, the film was released on August 13, 2015, and became a box office hit.[4][5]

The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[6][7]

"Go Away, Mr. Tumor" was featured in the 5th annual China International Co-Production Film Screenings, hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America and China's Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.[8]

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  2. ^ Patrick Brzeski (August 31, 2015). "China Box Office: 'Terminator Genisys' Marches Towards $100M". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Kevin Ma (August 18, 2015). "Bai Baihe dethrones herself at China box office". Film Business Asia. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "滚蛋吧！肿瘤君》发终极预告片 白百何"靠近死神" 吴彦祖含泪表白". mtime. 2015-08-03. Archived from the original on 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  5. ^ "'Go away Mr. Tumor' to tell story of late cartoonist on big screen". eastday.com. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  6. ^ "81 Countries In Competition For 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar". AMPAS. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  7. ^ Junya, Gao (10 October 2015). ""Go Away Mr. Tumor" to Represents China in the Best Foreign Film Category at the Oscars". CRI English. Archived from the original on October 14, 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  8. ^ http://www.mpaa.org/mpaa-and-sapprft-host-the-5th-annual-china-international-co-production-screenings/