Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 9th, 2014
Movie Budget:$82,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$182,206,924 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Chinese
Executive Producers:Clarence Ford
Production Companies:Filmko Pictures, Mandarin Films, Beijing Wen Hua Dong Run Investment, China Film Group Corporation
The Monkey King on the Web:Official Website
The Monkey King Collection
The Monkey King is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese fantasy film directed by Cheang Pou-soi and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist. Yen also serves as the film's action director. Production began in Beijing on 18 October 2010 and was filmed in 3D. The plot is based on an episode of Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty by Wu Cheng'en. It was released on 31 January 2014. Two sequels titled The Monkey King 2 and The Monkey King 3 were released in Feb 2016 and Feb 2018.
