 | This articleusesbare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable tolink rot. Please consider converting them tofull citations to ensure the article remainsverifiable and maintains a consistent citation style.Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such asreFill (documentation) andCitation bot (documentation).(September 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Go Away Mr. Tumor | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Han Yan |
| Starring | Bai Baihe Daniel Wu |
Production company | Wanda Pictures |
| Distributed by | China Lion (U.S.) |
Release date |
|
Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$80.12 million[1][2] |
Go Away Mr. Tumor (Chinese:滚蛋吧！肿瘤君) is 2015 Chinese comedy-drama film. It is based on the life of comic book artistXiong Dun, who after her cancer diagnosis authored a popularwebcomic that became a sensation in China.[3] Xiong died in 2012 at the age of 30.
Directed by Han Yan and starringBai Baihe andDaniel Wu, the film was released on August 13, 2015, and became a box office hit.[4][5]
The film was selected as the Chinese entry for theBest Foreign Language Film at the88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[6][7]
"Go Away, Mr. Tumor" was featured in the 5th annual China International Co-Production Film Screenings, hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America and China's Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.[8]
The film earned US$29.75 million in its opening weekend and topped the Chinese box office replacingMonster Hunt. Once advance ticket sales were factored in,Go Away Mr. Tumor registered acume of US$31.52 million, with 182,066 showings and 5.46 million admissions in four days, according to data from the research group Entgroup.[9][10]