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Hard Boiled

 1992
 128 minutes (2 hrs 08 mins)
Hard Boiled
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Woo

Starring

Chow Yun-Fat · Tony Leung Chiu-wai · Teresa Mo · Philip Chan · Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok · Anthony Chau-Sang Wong

Full cast & crew

Release dates

Taiwan release date Taiwan release
21st March 1992
Hong Kong release date Hong Kong release
16th April 1992
South Korea release date South Korea release
4th July 1992

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 6th Mar '26
  • Debut position: 30
  • Highest position: 30
  • Debut gross: £19.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

A

16

18+

R-18

18

16

14

16+

18

16

18

NC-16

(Banned)

(Banned)

15

16

R15+

16

R

VM14

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £19.8 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $0
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

25thframe.co.uk stats

News from around the web
Woo!: Hard Boiled  Midwest Film Journal Thu, 17th September 2026

Hard Boiled review – John Woo’s outrageously explosive 1992 cop thriller is pure action mayhem  The Guardian Fri, 6th March 2026

Hard Boiled  Trailers From Hell Tue, 15th September 2026

Hard Boiled (1992) Out now on 4K Arrow Video Blu-Ray  The Geek Show Fri, 3rd April 2026

Hard Boiled 4K  FilmInk Fri, 11th September 2026

Forget Cruise and Schwarzenegger: Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema's greatest action hero  BBC Fri, 3rd April 2026