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Return to Dust

Return to Dust
CAST & DIRECTORBOX OFFICE DATAGLOBAL RELEASESTOP GROSSINGNEWS
2022
 131 minutes (2 hrs 11 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Ruijun Li

Starring

Renlin Wu · Hai-Qing · Guangrui Yang · Dengping Zhao · Cailan Wang · Jiangui Zeng

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 7th October 2022
China release date China release: 8th July 2022

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 4th Nov '22
  • Debut position: 46
  • Highest position: 46
  • Debut gross: £8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 28th Jul '23
  • Debut position: 35
  • Highest position: 35
  • Debut gross: $2.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

WorldWide box office

  • Box Office debut: 8th Jul '22
  • Debut position: 21
  • Highest position: 11
  • Debut gross: $230 Thousand
  • Total weeks on top 15: 10

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

Global box office

2 Sep, 2022
11

Certificates


16

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £8 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $20.9 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $16.8 Million

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Total views:
18
First viewed:
27th Oct 2025
Last viewed:
17th Nov 2025
News from around the web
Winchester Film Society: RETURN TO DUST  Hampshire Chronicle Fri, 31st October 2025

Return to Dust review – paean to the simple life  The Guardian Sun, 6th November 2022

Return to Dust review: ambitious, observant cinema  BFI Thu, 10th November 2022

Li Ruijun talks filming a vanishing part of China in ‘Return To Dust’  Screen Daily Sat, 12th February 2022

Return to Dust: An equine turn for the ages – and the humans are pretty good too  The Irish Times Fri, 9th December 2022

Return to Dust movie review & film summary (2023)  Roger Ebert Fri, 21st July 2023