The Eight Hundred

The Eight Hundred
The Eight Hundred
	Theatrical release poster
Chinese	八佰
Hanyu Pinyin	Bābǎi
Directed by	Guan Hu
Written by	Guan Hu; Ge Rui;
Produced by	Wang Zhonglei; Liang Jing;
Starring	Huang Zhizhong; Oho Ou; Wang Qianyuan; Jiang Wu; Zhang Yi; Du Chun; Vision Wei; Li Chen; Yu Haoming;
Cinematography	Cao Yu
Edited by	Yiran Tu; He Yongyi;
Music by	Andrew Kawczynski
Production; companies	Huayi Brothers; Tencent Pictures; Beijing Enlight Media; Alibaba Pictures;
Distributed by	Huayi Brothers; CMC Pictures Holdings (international)
Release date	August 21, 2020;
Running time	147 minutes
Country	China
Languages	Mandarin; Japanese; English;
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$461.4 million

The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) is a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, and Yu Haoming. The film is based on real life events: the defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai by Chinese NRA troops during the Battle of Shanghai and the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression also known as Second Sino-Japanese War.

Originally scheduled for release in July 2019, the premiere and the nationwide release was moved to August 21, 2020. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $461 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2020.