Go Away Mr. Tumor () is 2015 Chinese comedy-drama film. It is based on the life of comic book artist Xiong Dun, who after her cancer diagnosis authored a popular webcomic that became a sensation in China. Xiong died in 2012 at the age of 30.
Directed by Han Yan and starring Bai Baihe and Daniel Wu, the film was released on August 13, 2015, and became a box office hit.
The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
"Go Away, Mr. Tumor" was featured in the 5th annual China International Co-Production Film Screenings, hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America and China's Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
Cast
Bai Baihe as Xiong Dun
Daniel Wu as Doctor Liang
Zhang Zixuan as Amy
Li Yuan as Xia Meng
Liu Ruilin as Xiao Xia
Cheng Yi as Lao Zheng
Li Jianyi as Xiong Dun's Father
Liu Lili as Xiong Dun's Mother
Shen Teng as Ex-boyfriend
Box office
The film earned US$29.75 million in its opening weekend and topped the Chinese box office replacing Monster Hunt. Once advance ticket sales were factored in, Go Away Mr. Tumor registered a cume of US$31.52 million, with 182,066 showings and 5.46 million admissions in four days, according to data from the research group Entgroup.