This donghua is the most interesting I've ever seen. Most donghua series are suggestive of ALL the female side characters being the protagonist's harem. But they always shy away from actually legally establishing them as his harem.
In Fanren Xiu Xian Chuan, Han Li actually acquires a concubine by legal means. This is a very BOLD step to take for any donghua series, Han Li effectively has Nangong Wan as his future legal wife plus legal concubine with legal signed certificate for "concubinism!"
So, if you guys was awed and wowed by what you've seen in Season 1 of the live action drama, you just wait till Season 3 where they will introduce you to Han Li's concubine!
I wanna watch this so bad! But it’s not in any of my theaters 😢
As someone who watched Nezha 2 in theater last year, I will probably have to sit this one out. Except for Wu Jing, it's full of old farts that are way past their prime. To make it worse, they chose the most R-rated source material to try adapt a family friendly live action movie. How does this even work?
Blades will probably end up like Condor Heroes. I will pirate the 4K version (I have Condor Heroes in 4K on my hard drive which I never plan on watching). This one of those movies you get and keep on your HDD just so you don't have to watch it...
Whenever its available to pirate, please drop a link here.
I don't know about that. Creation of the Gods 2 was much HARDER to pirate than Creation of the Gods 1, even though 1 was better rated with higher box office. Something tells me the worse a movie performs at the box office, the more difficult it will be to download it illegally in 2026!!
This guy, Wu Jing, got tired of making so much money and infamy with WW2, Changjin, WE1/2, that he went and hid himself in a "nothing" project for his next major release...
RACED PAST BOONIE BEARS IN CUMULATIVE!!Day 5 (millions of USD):1 PEGASUS 3 -- $52.04 (daily) $329.57 (cumulative)2…
(5) is why I often say Jackie Chan isn't even worth a pinky finger on Wu Jing's hand. Actually, I take that back. He's worth 1/4th of the fingers on the human hand...
When it comes to these dramas few hit very hard because they tend to be so superficial. My favourites still remain…
Depends on the production company. If you're a company like Tencent churning out dramas left and right like fast food, you don't really care about any particular drama's sequel(s) nor their continuing to hire the same actors/actresses!
Who cares? Hollywood has its own people getting bitten by spider, turn into massive green giant, fly to the sun…
Maybe you don't, but the box office is hurting for Blades of the Guardians. It only made 18.8 Million USD on Day1 while something as mundane as Boonie Bears (2026) took in 24.21 Million CNY!
Can blame it on their marketing department. The big screen is not like on TV where you can show silly wuxia stuff. Ppl are actually spending their hard earned cash and demand realism! (which traditional wuxia is NOT)
Basically ppl have this pre-conceived idea that wuxia means comical combat skills. Movie did jack in their trailer to dispel this myth.
In Fanren Xiu Xian Chuan, Han Li actually acquires a concubine by legal means. This is a very BOLD step to take for any donghua series, Han Li effectively has Nangong Wan as his future legal wife plus legal concubine with legal signed certificate for "concubinism!"
So, if you guys was awed and wowed by what you've seen in Season 1 of the live action drama, you just wait till Season 3 where they will introduce you to Han Li's concubine!
More details in the next spoiler post below....
Blades will probably end up like Condor Heroes. I will pirate the 4K version (I have Condor Heroes in 4K on my hard drive which I never plan on watching). This one of those movies you get and keep on your HDD just so you don't have to watch it...
Day 13 (Millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $17.42 (daily) $549.31 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $7.91 (daily) $164.05 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $4.96 (daily) $161.22 (cumulative)
4 Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector -- $4.82 (daily) $137.17 (cumulative)
5 Night King -- $1.92 (daily) $20.51 (cumulative)
6 Panda Plan:The Magical Tribe -- $1.28 (daily) $35.82 (cumulative)
($164.05 Mils/$161.22 Mils) = miniscule ~1.76% lead!!
But look on the bright side, Condor Heroes by Hark Tsui was put to shame by Boonie Bears (2025) throughout its entire run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLPXZX5i_Mk
Day 12 (Millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $17.03 (daily) $531.67 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $6.93 (daily) $156.05 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $5.01 (daily) $156.20 (cumulative)
This guy, Wu Jing, got tired of making so much money and infamy with WW2, Changjin, WE1/2, that he went and hid himself in a "nothing" project for his next major release...
Day 11 (Millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $16.17 (daily) $510.69 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $5.98 (daily) $147.96 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $4.82 (daily) $150.03 (cumulative)
4 Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector -- $4.57 (daily) $126.94 (cumulative)
5 Night King -- $1.32 (daily) $16.76 (cumulative)
6 Panda Plan:The Magical Tribe -- $1.05 (daily) $33.14 (cumulative)
Current #50 highest grossing movie of all time in China (WikiPedia):
Pegasus -- 飞驰人生 (2019)
Box office USD $255.8 million
... most likely represents the ceiling of what Blades of the Guardians can hope to achieve (if ever) this CNY movie season!
He's more:
Patriotic war movie
Robots/drones/AI etc.
Futuristic (version of Chinese warplanes/warships)
Which Blades of the Guardians is definitely NOT!!
Quit wuxia man, go make a movie where you're fighting "dancing" with robot sidekicks...
Day 10 (Millions of USD):
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $6.48 (daily) $141.90 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $5.07 (daily) $145.14 (cumulative)
Just look at that! At this snail's pace, #2 may NOT overtake #3 in cumulative until Sunday or even next week!
Day 8 (Millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $28.71 (daily) $452.94 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $10.07 (daily) $126.92 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $7.72 (daily) $133.46 (cumulative)
4 Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector -- $7.61 (daily) $111.02 (cumulative)
5 Night King -- $1.90 (daily) $12.39 (cumulative)
6 Panda Plan:The Magical Tribe -- $1.58 (daily) $29.57 (cumulative)
Answer: 116.59/27.91 = ~1/4.177th!
Day 7 (millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $43.51 (daily) $423.14 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $16.38 (daily) $116.59 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $11.53 (daily) $125.42 (cumulative)
4 Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector -- $10.84 (daily) $103.18 (cumulative)
5 Night King -- $2.62 (daily) $10.44 (cumulative)
6 Panda Plan:The Magical Tribe -- $2.50 (daily) $27.91 (cumulative)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoJ3wYOU_hA
Day 5 (millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $52.04 (daily) $329.57 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $16.63 (daily) $82.60 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $14.08 (daily) $100.42 (cumulative)
4 Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector -- $12.29 (daily) $80.53 (cumulative)
5 Panda Plan:The Magical Tribe -- $2.82 (daily) $22.69 (cumulative)
Day 4 (millions of USD):
1 PEGASUS 3 -- $56.05 (daily) $276.79 (cumulative)
2 Blades of the Guardians -- $16.27 (daily) $65.76 (cumulative)
3 jingzhewusheng -- $15.26 (daily) $86.25 (cumulative)
4 Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector -- $12.97 (daily) $68.07 (cumulative)
5 Night King -- $2.87 (daily) $2.87 (cumulative)
6 Panda Plan:The Magical Tribe -- $2.81 (daily) $19.83 (cumulative)
Blades continues to overtake Boonies in daily performance. Looks like Blades will exceed Hidden Protector cumulative this weekend!
Can blame it on their marketing department. The big screen is not like on TV where you can show silly wuxia stuff. Ppl are actually spending their hard earned cash and demand realism! (which traditional wuxia is NOT)
Basically ppl have this pre-conceived idea that wuxia means comical combat skills. Movie did jack in their trailer to dispel this myth.