New Year Record Set in China
In China, another absolute record was set in the box office, this time we are talking about the cumulative earnings of movies on the first day of the new year according to the lunar calendar. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it was 660 million yuan or $ 100.5 million. The first place was taken by a fantastic comedy directed by the famous Hong Kong director Stephen Chow, called "The Little Mermaid". She earned $ 40.9 million in the first day. This is the best result in the history of the Chinese distribution among the movies of local production and the second in the overall classification. Only "Fast and Furious 7" earned more on the premiere day ($ 63 million). In second place was the action adventure "The Man from Macau 3", in which the main role was played by the popular Chinese actor Chow Yun-Fat. He finished with a score of $ 26 million. And the third was another Chinese movie project - "The Monkey King 2", which raised $ 25 million. Only the fourth place went to the cartoon "Kung Fu Panda 3", which earned another two million dollars. The cumulative collection of the continuation of the story of Po and his friends reached $ 106 million in China. Note that in 2015, the box office gross in China on the first day of the new year was 78 percent lower. The Topic of Article: New Year Record Set in China. |
