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{{Short description|1997 US romantic drama film by Wayne Wang}}
{{Other uses|Chinese box (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Chinese Box
| image          = Chinese box.jpg
| caption        = DVD cover
| director       = [[Wayne Wang]]
| producer       = [[Lydia Dean Pilcher]]<br>Jean-Louis Piel<br>Wayne Wang
| writer         = [[Jean-Claude Carrière]]<br>[[Larry Gross]]<br>[[Paul Theroux]]<br>Wayne Wang
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Jeremy Irons]]
* [[Gong Li]]
* [[Maggie Cheung]]
* [[Michael Hui]]
* [[Rubén Blades]]}}
| music          = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cinematography = Vilko Filac
| editing        = [[Christopher Tellefsen]]
| distributor    = [[Trimark Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1997|09|04}}
| runtime        = 99 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English<br>Cantonese
| budget         =
| gross          = $2,178,160
}}

'''''Chinese Box''''' is a 1997 [[romantic drama]] film directed by [[Wayne Wang]] and starring [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Gong Li]], [[Maggie Cheung]], and [[Michael Hui]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Chinese Box (1997) FILM REVIEW; A Meditation on the Meaning of Hong Kong|first=Stephen|last=Holden|authorlink=Stephen Holden|date=April 17, 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A02E7D8143CF934A25757C0A96E958260}}</ref> It is set and was made at the time of [[Hong Kong]]'s [[Handover of Hong Kong|handover]] to the [[People's Republic of China]] on June 30, 1997. The film credits [[Paul Theroux]] as a source for the story, based on themes he explores in his 1997 novel ''[[Kowloon Tong (novel)|Kowloon Tong]]''. It enjoyed modest box office success in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hindes |first=Andrew |date=1998-10-07 |title=Trimark to trim 15% of staff, narrow goals |url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/trimark-to-trim-15-of-staff-narrow-goals-1117481149/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hindes |first=Andrew |date=1999-01-12 |title=Sanders tapped as Lions Gate VP |url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/sanders-tapped-as-lions-gate-vp-1117490116/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>