<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $150 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $332 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Great Wall (Chinese: 长城) is a 2016 monster film directed by Zhang Yimou and written by Tony Gilroy, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard . The US--China co-production stars Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau . It is Zhang's first English - language film . </P> <P> Notable crew include Costume Designer Mayes Rubeo (Apocalypto, Avatar) and VXF Supervisor Phil Brennan (Snow White and the Huntsman, The Wolverine). </P>

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