Truck driver Jack Burton wins a bet with his friend Wang Chi. To make sure he follows through on payment, Jack accompanies him to the airport to pick up Wang's Chinese fiancée Miao Yin, where a Chinese-American street

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• Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, a cocky, wise-cracking, All-American truck driver who gets involved in an ancient battle between Good and Evil when he makes a delivery to Chinatown, San Francisco

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Screenplay
The first version of the screenplay was written by first-time screenwriters Gary Goldmanand David Z. Weinstein. Goldman had been inspired by a

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John Carpenter was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Music for this film. With the soundtrack, Carpenter wanted to avoid the usual clichés, as

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Big Trouble in Little China was released on a two-disc special edition DVD set on May 22, 2001. Entertainment Weeklygave the DVD a "B+" rating and wrote, "The highlight of this two disc set – which also features deleted scenes, an extended ending, trailers, and a 1986

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Sequel
In June 2015, TheWrap reported that Dwayne Johnsonwas developing a remake to star as Jack Burton and produce with his Seven Bucks

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Box office
Opening in 1,053 theaters on July 2, 1986, Big Trouble in Little China grossed $2.7 million in its opening weekend and went on to gross $11.1 million in North America, well below its estimated budget of $19–25 million. The film was

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