Release year

2026

Release date

December 31, 2025

Franchise

N/A

Genres

ActionHistoricalScience fictionWar

Runtime

107 minutes

Distributors

One Cool Pictures

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Ng Yuen-faiJack Lai

Screenwriters

Lily He

Writers

N/A

Producers

Louis KooTang Wai-but

Studios

One Cool Pictures

Production companies

One Cool Film ProductionHuace PicturesChina Star Movie

Cinematography

Kenny Tse

Edited by

Wong HoiKenny Lok

Music by

Chan Kwong-wingKay ChanChristopher Lai

Based on

The Chronicles of Searching Qinby Wong Yik

Budget

$45M

Estimated Profit

-$69M

Est Profit Inflation Adj

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Back to the Past

Name: Back to the Past
Released: 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31)

2026 · Ng Yuen-fai | Jack Lai · Louis Koo | Tang Wai-but · 107 minutes

Back to the Past is a 2025 Hong Kong historical science fiction action film directed by Ng Yuen-fai and Jack Lai, with action directed by Sammo Hung. The film is a legacy sequel of the 2001 television series A Step into the Past, which was a spiritual sequel of the Wong Yik's novel, The Chronicles of Searching Qin. Louis Koo, Raymond Lam, Jessica Hsuan, Sonija Kwok, Joyce Tang, Power Chan, Jimmy Au, Wong Man-piu, Liu Kai-chi, John Tang, and Michelle Saram reprising their roles from the series, alongside newcomers from the film include Louis Cheung, Wu Yue, Timmy Hung, Chris Collins, Kevin Chu, Bai Baihe, and Michael Miu.

Action Historical Science fiction War

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Louis Koo	2026	$3,899,383	N/A	(est)
Raymond Lam	2026	$4,500,000	N/A	(est)
Jessica Hsuan	2026	$1,350,000	N/A	(est)
Sonija Kwok	2026	$900,000	N/A	(est)
Joyce Tang	2026	$675,000	N/A	(est)
Bai Baihe	2026	$900,000	N/A	(est)
Louis Cheung	2026	$464,360	N/A	(est)
Wu Yue	2026	$900,000	N/A	(est)
Timmy Hung	2026	$337,500	N/A	(est)
Chris Collins	2026	$337,500	N/A	(est)
Kevin Chu	2026	$337,500	N/A	(est)
Power Chan	2026	$337,500	N/A	(est)
Michael Miu	2026	$900,000	N/A	(est)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross.	2026	$1,949,379	N/A
International International theatrical box office gross.	2026	$13,092,571	N/A
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2026	$15,041,950	N/A

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$6,211,718 (est)	N/A (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$343,611	N/A
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$382,846	N/A
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$975	N/A
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $29,682, BluRay $40,990	2026	$70,672	N/A
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$324,897 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$7,334,718	N/A
Expenses
Budget Production budget. sourceSource: Wikipedia infoboxURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Past_(film)US$45 million	2026	$45,000,000	N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A estimated from peer comps using release year, budget, genre, and theatrical performance. sourceSource: ScreenProfits comp P&A estimateEstimated from 12 peer comps using budget + domestic + worldwide. Peers: Eden \| The Smashing Machine \| The Crow \| The Book of Clarence \| White Bird	2026	$25,588,906 (est)	N/A (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$0 (est)	N/A (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$90,217 (est)	N/A (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$5,400,000 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$76,079,123	N/A
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2026	$-68,744,405	$0

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