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2016 | DIRECTED BY ER CHENG

The Wasted Times

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Movie Stats
Year
2016
Runtime
 125 minutes (2 hrs 05 mins)
Select Cast
You Ge
Ziyi Zhang
Tadanobu Asano
Chun Du
Gillian Chung
Baogang Zhao
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First viewed:
17th Oct 2025
Last viewed:
6th Apr 2026
Total views:
44
Total Grosses
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US total gross
  $386.3 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
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US tickets sold
44,655 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Release: No UK cinema release.
US Box Office
  • Debut weekend: 16th Dec '16
  • Debut position: 28
  • Highest position: 28
  • Debut gross: $95.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 5
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
Directed by
er cheng Er Cheng
Starring
You GeMister Lu
Ziyi ZhangXiao Liu
Tadanobu AsanoWatabe
Chun DuKiller
Gillian ChungXiao Wu
Baogang ZhaoNorthern guest
Dahong NiMr Wang
Quan YuanMiss Wu
Ni YanMadam Wang
Geng HanMr Zhao
Siyan HuoProstitute
Jiang DuYoung chicken
Chuan-jun WangAttendant
Xing LuMiss Wu's husband
Wallace ChungDance instructor
Xiaowei MaMr Zhang
Ash GordeyPOW camp officer
Yasuyuki HirataJapanese general
Tianyang Liu
Lilie MatsumineWatabe's wife
Noriyuki MatsuuraJapanese businessman
He Ye
Chen ZhangWatabe's first son (youth)
Xiaolong Zhang
Haitao ZhaoLu's son
Ling ZhouMadam Zhang
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UK Box Office Chart History
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* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
28
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
5
Total US Gross:
$386,264
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
16 Dec 2016
28N
$95,514
$95,514
23 Dec 2016
32▼
$63,910
$239,256
30 Dec 2016
41▼
$45,217
$336,597
6 Jan 2017
49▼
$12,174
$379,432
13 Jan 2017
68▼
$1,385
$386,264

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

Global Box Office Chart History
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* 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
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Box Office Standings: All-Time Top-Grossing Rankings

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Genres
Crime
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Drama
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Film Review: ‘The Wasted Times’ is Vulgar and Silly, but Exquisite |  chinafilminsider.com Tue, 20th December 2016

The Wasted Times  Media Play News Sun, 25th June 2023

Film Review: The Wasted Times (2016) by Cheng Er  Asian Movie Pulse Mon, 30th April 2018

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