Comedy breaks a record at the Chinese box office
Adventure in Hong Kong set an all-star starting record in China for locally produced movies, earning $ 106.3 million over the premiere weekend. This is reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to that, the picture also showed a record result on the first day of the rental, earning $ 32 million. Better started only the action movie "Fast and Furious 7" and the fantastic movie "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron". The comedy also launched successfully in North America, earning $ 558,000 in just 27 theaters. Note that "Adventure in Hong Kong" is the final part of the trilogy, which was presented to Chinese audiences in 2010. The first movie grossed only $ 7.2 million, while the sequel already grossed $ 208 million, becoming the highest grossing locally produced movie project at the time. Most likely, the final box office receipts of the third series will be significantly higher. The Chinese movie market is growing at an alarming rate, and the number of new cinemas is growing exponentially. Chinese rental is expected to overtake North American in the next three years, when the cumulative box office in China surpasses $ 10 billion - a typical result for American rental. The Topic of Article: Comedy breaks a record at the Chinese box office. |
