Journey to the West: The Great Sage Returns was a movie that was released in 2015 and was a classic in the Chinese film market. Although this movie had been released for some time, no other movie had been called the representative of the Journey to the West series like it. Although the Journey to the West series had existed for decades, in recent years, the continuous development of the Chinese film market and the audience's constant demand for new stories and new types of movies had gradually erased the Journey to the West series from people's memories. However, the classic works in the series were still loved by the audience and there would be some sequels or derivative works.