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News in English
Key milestones of All Wishes Come True! (八仙！) — release, international rollout, box office and press coverage — curated for English readers. Every entry lists its original sources; click through for the full citation list. For the complete archive (44 entries, in Chinese), see 新闻报道.
Press & Reviews
23 entries
But Why Tho interviews Mu Zhengyang, Ying
But Why Tho published an interview on September 9, 2026 with writer/director Mu Zhengyang and Pearl Studio CEO Catherine Ying — conducted via translator Brandy …
SF Chronicle's '8 Asian movies' pick
The San Francisco Chronicle included All Wishes Come True! in a September 5, 2026, roundup of "8 Asian movies that are wild, weird and worth seeking out," prais…
World of Chinese on the film's controversy
The World of Chinese published a feature on September 2, 2026, examining why All Wishes Come True!, despite surpassing CN¥1.7 billion and ranking among the top …
Moviexclusive: 'top ten movies of 2026'
Singapore movie site Moviexclusive published its review of All Wishes Come True! on August 27, 2026 — the film's Singapore opening day via Golden Village, rated…
AWN: 'massive, confident' worldbuilding
Animation World Network published a review essay by British animation writer Andrew Osmond on August 25, 2026, noting that no major Anglophone outlet had yet re…
Bastille interviews director at HK premiere
Bastille Post published an exclusive interview on August 22, 2026, with director Mou Zhengyang, executive producer Ying Xujun and producer Cao Linlin at the fil…
Beijing Review: gods down from the clouds
Beijing Review published a feature on All Wishes Come True on August 22, 2026, examining how the film recasts the Eight Immortals as mortal con artists and rebu…
Filmmakers on the film's Chinese aesthetic
Bastille Post published a feature on August 22, 2026, on how All Wishes Come True has won wide audiences at home and abroad with its Chinese aesthetic, reportin…
Geek Vibes Nation: 'a mythological marvel'
Geek Vibes Nation published a review of All Wishes Come True! on August 21, 2026, calling writer-director Mu Zhengyang's film "a mythological marvel" and "the b…
China Daily HK: 'blessedly novel' heist
In an August 20, 2026 review of three animated family films opening in Hong Kong, China Daily's Amy Mullins called All Wishes Come True!'s "Avengers-meets-immor…
The Movie Couple: 3.5/5, 'gorgeous heist'
The Movie Couple published a review of All Wishes Come True! on August 19, 2026, rating the film 3.5 out of 5 and calling it an "ambitious and visually spectacu…
Kai-Fong review: B+ for daring debut
Hong Kong-based review site Kai-Fong published a review of All Wishes Come True! on August 19, 2026, ahead of the film's August 20 Hong Kong opening (rated IIA)…
Original Cin: 'an animated work of art'
Canadian film site Original Cin published its review of All Wishes Come True! on August 18, 2026, praising the film as "an animated work of art" that encompasse…
SCMP, Martin Cid: first overseas reviews
As All Wishes Come True! opened in North America, the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands on August 14, 2026, the first English-language reviews arrived: the South …
Elements of Madness, But Why Tho praise film
Two more English-language reviews of All Wishes Come True! published on August 14, 2026 — the day the film opened in North America — gave the film strong marks:…
People's Daily touts 'film plus' consumption
People's Daily Online reported on August 12, 2026 that All Wishes Come True! has become a showcase of China's "film plus" consumption model: merchandise tied to…
Qingcheng's ancient ginkgo draws film fans
China Daily reported on August 11, 2026 that the 1,900-year-old ginkgo tree at Tianshi Cave on Mount Qingcheng, Sichuan Province — the real-life model for the w…
Yantai: an immersive Eight Immortals escape
Our China Story reported on August 4, 2026 that two attractions in Yantai, Shandong Province — Kongtong Wonderland on Kongtong Island and the Eight Immortals Cr…
Hanging Temple sees visitor bump
CGTN reported on July 30, 2026 that the hit film All Wishes Come True! is bringing more visitors to the Hanging Temple (Xuankong Temple) in Datong, Shanxi Provi…
Yongle Palace: film tourism boom
China Daily reported on July 29, 2026 that All Wishes Come True! has renewed public interest in Yongle Palace in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, whose Yuan Dynasty m…
Chengdu-made summer surprise
A feature carried by Bastille Post Global called All Wishes Come True! the biggest box office surprise of the summer season, detailing its Chengdu production ba…
Director interview: Mu Zhengyang
In English-language interviews with the Global Times and China.org.cn, writer-director Mu Zhengyang explained why he reimagined the Eight Immortals as flawed mo…
Xinhua: mortals, not gods, win
A Xinhua feature carried by China.org.cn on July 27, 2026 examined how All Wishes Come True! reimagines the Eight Immortals as ordinary, imperfect mortals; the …
Box Office
22 entries
Variety: No. 4 in eighth weekend, US$277.5M
Variety reported on September 8, 2026, that All Wishes Come True! held fourth place at the mainland China box office in its eighth weekend (September 4–6), addi…
Variety: Maoyan data, film No. 3 at $274.6M
Variety reported on September 2, 2026, on the Insight Report on 2026 Summer Box Office Film Data released by Maoyan Research Institute, the research arm of Maoy…
Summer ends at CN¥12.5B; film finishes third
Global Times and Xinhua reported on September 1, 2026, that China's 2026 summer movie season (June 1–August 31) closed with box office revenue of CN¥12.498 bill…
Variety: No. 4 in seventh weekend, US$270.3M
Variety reported on August 31, 2026, that All Wishes Come True! placed fourth at the mainland China box office in its seventh weekend (August 28–30), adding US$…
Variety: No. 4 in sixth weekend, US$255.7M
Variety reported on August 24, 2026, that All Wishes Come True! held fourth place at the mainland China box office in its sixth weekend (August 21–23), adding U…
Film's cume hits CN¥1.7B as 2026 tops CN¥27B
CGTN reported on August 23, 2026, that China's 2026 box office had surpassed CN¥27 billion (around US$4 billion) on August 22, with the summer season contributi…
Summer passes CN¥11B; film in season top 3
Bastille Post reported on August 21, 2026, that China's summer box office (June 1 – August 31), including presales, surpassed CN¥11 billion (reported as about U…
Summer passes CN¥10.7B, film holds No. 2
Bastille Post reported on August 20, 2026, that China's summer box office (June 1 – August 31), including presales, has surpassed CN¥10.7 billion (reported as a…
Animation Magazine: 2026's top animated film
Animation Magazine reported on August 19 that after one month of release, All Wishes Come True! is firmly China's highest-grossing animation release of 2026 so …
China's 2026 box office passes CN¥26B
CGTN reported on August 18, 2026, that China's total box-office revenue for 2026, including presales, has surpassed CN¥26 billion (reported as around US$3.85 bi…
Deadline: No. 7 globally, US$233.8M cume
Deadline's global box-office update for the August 14–16 weekend reported that All Wishes Come True! bowed stateside with US$311,000, adding US$12.65 million of…
Cume ≈CN¥1.6B as summer passes CN¥10B
All Wishes Come True! held third place at the mainland China box office in its fifth weekend (August 14–16), taking US$13.1 million for a cumulative US$235.9 mi…
China box office passes CN¥1.5 billion
All Wishes Come True! has grossed more than CN¥1.5 billion at the Chinese mainland box office since opening on July 18, 2026, the South China Morning Post repor…
Film ranks No. 4 on China's 2026 chart
CGTN reported on August 12, 2026 that China's 2026 box-office revenue including pre-sales had exceeded CN¥24.6 billion (reported as about US$3.6 billion) as of …
Fourth weekend: CN¥1.4B; summer tops CN¥8.5B
Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reported on August 10, 2026 that All Wishes Come True! held second place at the mainland China box office in its fourth weeke…
Crosses CN¥1.3B; all-time animation top 10
Bastille Post Global reported on August 7 and 8, 2026 that All Wishes Come True! had crossed the 1.3 billion yuan mark (reported as about US$193 million), earni…
Summer tops CN¥7.5B; global rollout Aug 13
CGTN reported on August 4, 2026 that China's summer box office had surpassed CN¥7.5 billion (about US$1.1 billion), with All Wishes Come True! running second be…
Crosses CN¥1B; summer tops CN¥7B
CGTN reported on August 2, 2026 that All Wishes Come True! had crossed the 1 billion yuan mark (reported as about US$148 million), as China's summer box office …
CN¥860M by day 11: top of the season
China Daily reported on July 30, 2026 that All Wishes Come True! had earned more than CN¥860 million (reported as US$127 million) by Tuesday, July 28, becoming …
Summer tops CN¥6B, film breakout
China's 2026 summer box office passed CN¥6 billion by the afternoon of July 28, with All Wishes Come True! cited as the season's breakout performer at over CN¥8…
Week two: No. 1, cumulative CN¥800M
In its second weekend of July 24–26, 2026, All Wishes Come True! overtook Kung Fu Soccer for the top spot at the Chinese box office, pushing its cumulative tota…
CN¥200M opening weekend, No. 2 debut
In its opening weekend of July 17–19, 2026, All Wishes Come True! quickly crossed CN¥200 million (about US$28–30 million) and debuted at No. 2 at the Chinese bo…
Overseas Release
12 entries
Malaysia debut weekend: opens at No. 4
All Wishes Come True! placed fourth in Malay Mail's Top 10 films in Malaysian cinemas for August 27–30, 2026 — its opening weekend in the country following the …
All Wishes Come True! opens in Thailand
All Wishes Come True! opened in Thai cinemas in the week of September 3, 2026: the Bangkok Post's weekly roundup lists Bâxiân! (All Wishes Come True) among the …
Film opens in 110-plus Malaysian cinemas
Bastille Post reported on August 27, 2026, that All Wishes Come True opens nationwide in Malaysia on Thursday in more than 110 cinemas with over 600 daily showi…
CGTN: Malaysian premiere in Kuala Lumpur
CGTN reported on August 26, 2026, that All Wishes Come True has held its Malaysian premiere in Kuala Lumpur, ahead of the film's nationwide release in Malaysia …
HK premiere; Cantonese dub packs local slang
Bastille Post reported on August 20 that All Wishes Come True! held its Hong Kong premiere on August 19, one day ahead of its Hong Kong and Macau release, with …
Film opens in HK, Macao; cume tops CN¥1.6B
CGTN reported on August 20, 2026, that All Wishes Come True! opened in cinemas in Hong Kong and Macao that day, with a Cantonese-dubbed version also released; t…
HK, Macau listings live; opens August 20
Cinema listings in Hong Kong and Macau are live for All Wishes Come True!, which opens in both markets on August 20, 2026: Hong Kong's Broadway Circuit lists a …
Southeast Asia release dates announced
Southeast Asian distributor Purple Plan has published the regional release schedule for All Wishes Come True! on its official website: the film opens on August …
Film opens in N. America, UK and Ireland
All Wishes Come True! began the second wave of its international rollout on August 14, 2026, opening in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nethe…
North American premiere held in Los Angeles
All Wishes Come True! held its North American premiere in Los Angeles on the evening of August 13, 2026, ahead of its theatrical release across the United State…
Sydney premiere kicks off Australia rollout
On August 13, 2026, All Wishes Come True! opened in cinemas across Australia — the first stop of its international rollout — days after a Sydney premiere attend…
Overseas dates: Aug 13-14 rollout
In mid-July 2026, the overseas release schedule for All Wishes Come True! was announced — August 13 in Australia and New Zealand, August 14 in North America, th…
Release
2 entries
Release moved up to July 18
On July 14, 2026, the producers of All Wishes Come True! moved the film's nationwide China release forward from July 24 to July 18; CGTN covered the one-week ad…
Global summer release announced
On June 11, 2026, Pearl Studio and CMC Pictures officially announced All Wishes Come True!, then dated July 24 in China with a worldwide rollout to follow over …
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