Revving up against a line-up completely devoid of serious competitors, “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” roared to the top of China’s box office with a $101 million debut, figures fro…
is one of the franchise’s biggest fanbases in the world, and success in the territory can make or break a “Fast & Furious” film. The last two installments made more in China than they did in the U.S., with “” bringing home a whopping $167 million more from mainland theaters than those at home.
Between 51 and 53% of all screenings in China that took place over the weekend were for “Hobbs & Shaw,” according to Maoyan, which also showed that no less than 62% of ticket sales each day were for the film. Part of the problem is lackluster word of mouth. “Hobbs & Shaw” received an aggregate rating of just 6.4 out of 10 on the key platform Douban, and a more generous 8.6 and 8.5 out of ten respectively on the more populist Maoyan and Tao Piaopiao ticketing platforms. On Maoyan, it was slightly higher rated among women than men, and did best among viewers under the age of 20.
Nevertheless, Chinese viewers love both Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson — enough to catapult the latter’s critically panned “Skyscraper” to success last summer. It took home $98.4 million from China — $30 million more than it made in the U.S.
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