Roco Kingdom: The Desire of Dragon

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Roco Kingdom:
The Desire of Dragon
Roco Kingdom The Desire of Dragon poster.jpg
Directed bySheng-jun Yu
Screenplay byDawei Cao
StarringYin Lin
Production
companies
Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems
Jiangsu Youman Cartoon TV
Release date
  • January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box office ¥69.4 million

Roco Kingdom: The Desire of Dragon is a 2013 Chinese animated film. [1] [2]

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Reception

The film grossed ¥69.4 million in China. [3]

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References

  1. "洛克王国2圣龙的心愿Roco kingdom:the desire of dragon (2013)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  2. "Roco kingdom:the desire of dragon". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  3. Kevin Ma (15 July 2014). "Old Boys second-placed at China B.O." Film Business Asia . Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.