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Film of the Day:
Cehennem 3D
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Return to Dust
CAST & DIRECTOR
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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:
7th October 2022
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
Total grosses
UK total gross
£8 Thousand
US total gross
$20.9 Thousand
Global total gross
$16.8 Million
25thframe.co.uk stats
Total views:
3
First viewed:
17th Aug 2025
Last viewed:
21st Oct 2025
News from around the web
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
Return to Dust movie review & film summary (2023)
Roger Ebert
Fri, 21st July 2023
‘Return to Dust’ Review: Grit Against All Odds (Published 2023)
The New York Times
Thu, 20th July 2023
‘Return to Dust’ Review: A Compassionate but Cautious Chinese Drama of Rural Lives Ennobled by Sacrifice
Variety
Sun, 13th February 2022
Li Ruijun talks filming a vanishing part of China in ‘Return To Dust’
Screen Daily
Sat, 12th February 2022