Lan Yu (2001)

Ye Liu

Jun Hu

Bin Li

Huatong Li

Shuang Li

Fang Lu

Full cast and crew

Salty Popcorn Stats

First viewed:
13th Sep 2022

Last viewed:
1st Jan 2026

Total views:
19

UK total gross
£5.3 Thousand

US total gross
$116.2 Thousand

Cinema Tickets Sold

UK tickets sold
1,290 aprox.

US tickets sold
20,529 aprox.

Box Office Breakdown

UK Box Office

Released: 15th Sep '23
Debut position: 41
Highest position: 41
Debut gross: £5.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 1

US Box Office

Debut weekend: 5th Jul '02
Debut position: 80
Highest position: 75
Debut gross: $7.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 20

Global Box Office

No global cinema data.

Directed by
	Stanley Kwan

Starring
Ye Liu
Jun Hu
Bin Li
Huatong Li
Shuang Li
Fang Lu
Jin Su
Shaohua Zhang
Yongning Zhang
Minfen Zhao

Totals for each star

MUST WATCH

GOOD FILM

ITS OK

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UK Box Office Info

Highest Place
41

Weeks top 15
0

Total weeks
1

Total UK Gross:

£5,339

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Lan Yu - Original release

15 Sep 2023

41N

£5,339

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info

Highest Place
75

Weeks top 15
0

Total Weeks
20

Total US Gross:

$116,192

North American Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

5 Jul 2002

80N

$7,583

$11,859

19 Jul 2002

118N

$685

$21,333

26 Jul 2002

75▲

$13,385

$35,356

2 Aug 2002

82▼

$8,519

$51,922

9 Aug 2002

98▼

$4,233

$60,614

16 Aug 2002

102▼

$3,663

$67,229

23 Aug 2002

84▲

$10,515

$80,021

30 Aug 2002

75▲

$5,780

$90,720

6 Sep 2002

113▼

$2,954

$97,259

20 Sep 2002

160N

$320

$99,490

27 Sep 2002

134▲

$1,502

$101,156

18 Oct 2002

137N

$926

$103,701

1 Nov 2002

118N

$1,993

$106,320

15 Nov 2002

134N

$891

$108,599

22 Nov 2002

126▲

$1,069

$110,146

29 Nov 2002

128▼

$399

$111,082

20 Dec 2002

108▼

$574

$111,945

14 Feb 2003

80N

$55

$114,946

7 Mar 2003

134N

$246

$115,296

13 Jun 2003

123N

$722

$116,192

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History

No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown

No global box office info

Top Grossing Movie Chart Position

UK total gross
£5,339

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Lan Yu

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Genres

Drama

Romance

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