The tear-jerking, patriotic pandemic film “Chinese Doctors” locked down a $53.5 million China opening weekend, according to Maoyan, setting itself up to become the most commercially successful poli…
” locked down a $53.5 million China opening weekend, according to Maoyan, setting itself up to become the most commercially successful political tribute film so far this year.
Produced by Bona Film, “Chinese Doctors” is inspired by the real experiences of medical personnel in Wuhan during the early days of the pandemic. It earned more than twice the three-day debut of fellow nationalistic tribute to the Communist Party, “,” which earned $21.4 million last weekend. Around $2 million of sales for “Chinese Doctor” came from Imax screens.
The two political films went up against new local children’s animations that had little chance of diverting sales away from their box office.“New Happy Dad and Son 4: Perfect Dad,” however, debuted not too far behind “1921” at third with a $5.53 million. The film is the fourth installment of an animated serial adaptation of a beloved 90s animated TV series whose name roughly translated to “Big-Headed Kid and Small-Headed Father.
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