Donnie Yen-starring action thriller “Raging Fire” roared to the top this weekend in China with a $37.2 million opening, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, but its sales were far fr…
Second this weekend was youth romantic drama “Upcoming Summer,” a new release from Huayi Brothers that debuted to $20.6 million. The feature stars up-and-comer Wendy Zhang Zifeng, who in April anchored the coming-of-age film “Sister,” lifting it to the unexpected heights of a $128 million gross.Local animated sequel “White Snake 2: Green Snake” from Light Chaser Pictures grossed $10.7 million to hit third, bringing its cume up to $56.8 million.
No other films this weekend broke the $1 million mark, meaning that total sales nationwide for the three-day period came up to only $77 million. These levels of sales are far from enough to pull China out of its ongoing box office slump. Ticket buying has slowed over a month of political propaganda films and an unofficial ban on foreign imports, leaving top tentpoles like “Black Widow” and “Space Jam: A New Legacy” out in the cold without even a release date, let alone a release.
China’s box office is down 17.2% from the same point in the year in pre-pandemic 2019, currently clocking at $4.77 billion, significantly less than its $5.75 billion 2019 level. While authorities have
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