Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese西遊伏妖篇
Simplified Chinese西游伏妖篇
Literal meaningJourney to the West: Demons Story
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXī Yóu Fú Yāo Piān
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSai1 Jau4 hFeok6 Jiu2 Pin1
Directed byTsui Hark
Written byStephen Chow
Tsui Hark
Kelvin Lee
Based onJourney to the West
by Wu Cheng'en
Produced byStephen Chow
Tsui Hark
Nansun Shi
StarringKris Wu
Kenny Lin
Yang Yiwei
Mengke Bateer
Yao Chen
Jelly Lin
CinematographyChoi Sung-fai
Edited byLin Li
Tsui Hark
Jason Zen
Music byRaymond Wong
Production
companies
Distributed byLian Ray Pictures[1]
Release date
  • January 28, 2017 (2017-01-28)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget$63.9 million[2][3][4]
Box office$248.8 million[5][6][7]

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (Chinese: 西遊伏妖篇)[8] is a 2017 Chinese fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Tsui Hark. A sequel to Stephen Chow's 2013 film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, it was produced and co-written by both Tsui and Chow.

The film follows the adventures of Tang Sanzang and his disciples Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing after the events of the first film; all four roles have been recast. The film was released in China by Lianrui Pictures on 28 January 2017 in MX4D, 4DX, IMAX 3D and 3D.[1][9]

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  2. ^ Zhang Rui (January 17, 2017). "'Journey to the West 2' aims to lead golden box office season". China.org.cn. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
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  4. ^ Clarence Tsui (January 27, 2017). "Why China's Lunar New Year movie market is a tale of two cities". South China Morning Post. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "Xi You Fu Yao Pian (2017) - Financial Information".
  6. ^ "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back". Entgroup. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  8. ^ Patrick Brzeski (December 7, 2016). "CineAsia: Sony Takes North American Rights to Stephen Chow's 'Journey to the West 2'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "西游伏妖篇 Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back". Gewara (in Chinese). Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.