The Viral Factor

The Viral Factor
Official poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese逆戰
Simplified Chinese逆战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNì Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJik6 Zin3
Directed byDante Lam
Screenplay byDante Lam
Jack Ng
Story byCandy Leung
Produced byCandy Leung
Albert Lee
Solon So
James Wang
StarringJay Chou
Nicholas Tse
CinematographyKenny Tse
Edited byAzrael Chung
Music byPeter Kam
Production
companies
Emperor Motion Pictures
Beijing Universe Starlight Culture Media
Huayi Brothers
Distributed byEmperor Motion Pictures
Release date
  • January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)
Running time
122 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China[1]
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
English
Malay
BudgetHK$200 million
Box officeHK$22,212,450
(Hong Kong)[2]
¥127.01 million (China)[3]
US$25,414,221 (Worldwide)[4]

The Viral Factor is a 2012 Hong Kong-Chinese action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse. The supporting cast includes Lin Peng, Michelle Bai, Andy On, Carl Ng, Liu Kai-chi and Elaine Jin, with action choreographed by Dante Lam and Chin Kar-lok. Production for the film started from March 2011 to July 2011, and was theatrically released on January 17, 2012.

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  2. ^ "去年票房總結 《復仇者》億元稱霸 《寒戰》破4千萬冠絕港片".
  3. ^ "内地票房年度总排行:2012年电影".
  4. ^ "Jik zin - the-numbers.com".