their personal debt. Kaisi manages to trick his way out of the black room, and takes the money earned by his former teammates to pay for the freedom of another player who was also betrayed. Kaisi returns to Liu Qing a changed man. In an epilogue, Kaisi realizes that Anderson is the man who killed his father. Cast Li Yifeng as Zheng Kaisi Michael Douglas as Anderson Zhou Dongyu as Liu Qing Cao Bingkun as Li Jun Wang Ge as Meng Xiaopang Su Ke as Zhang Jingkun Chi Jia as Andō Zhang Junyi Li Yijuan as Zheng's mother. Production Shooting began on February 24, 2017 and ended on August 15 of that same year. The film was shot on locations in Beijing, Tianjin, and Haikou. Soundtrack Release Animal World premiered at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival, and opened in China on June 29, 2018. Box office The film topped the Chinese box office charts, dethroning Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Animal World grossed () in China, $5,392 in New Zealand, and $358,225 in other territories, for a worldwide total gross of . Critical reception The film received mainly positive reviews. References External links Kaiji (manga) 2010s action adventure films 2018 films Chinese action adventure films Films directed by Han Yan Films shot in Beijing Films shot in Hainan Films shot in Tianjin Films about gambling 2010s Mandarin-language films Films about death games Tencent Pictures films