A rough-and-tumble trucker and his sidekick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.A rough-and-tumble trucker and his sidekick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.A rough-and-tumble trucker and his sidekick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
- White Tiger
- (as June Kim)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKurt Russell confessed on the DVD commentary that he was afraid of starring in the movie because he had made a string of movies that flopped at the box office. When he asked John Carpenter about it, he told Kurt that it didn't matter to him - he just wanted to make the movie with him.
- GoofsIn the first fight scene in the alleyway that Jack and Wang witness, the same stuntman can be seen charging, fighting, and indeed being KO'd alternately dressed as a Chang Sing, or Wing Kong.
- Quotes
Jack Burton: When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
- Alternate versionsThere is an alternate version with an extended ending scene (seen on its Special Edition DVD/Blu-ray), where, after the story is finished, Kurt Russell, in his truck again, finds the 3 punks from the beginning sitting in their sports car by the docks. He then decidedly drives forward, smashing into their car and throwing it, with them inside, into the sea. It was removed from the official theatrical version, being deemed "too vengeful" after test screenings.
- ConnectionsEdited into Big Trouble in Little China: Deleted Scenes (2001)
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- Also known as
- Masacre en el barrio chino
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,100,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,723,211
- Jul 6, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $11,106,699
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1