‘Wandering Earth’ hits RM2.34 billion at China box office
Wandering Earth earned US$88.8 million between Friday and Monday, according to data from Asian film industry consultancy Artisan Gateway.
BEIJING: The market-leading films during China’s Lunar New Year holiday period remained on top of the local box office in their second normal weekend of release. Locally made sci-fi film The Wandering Earth pushed its total to US$557 million (RM2.34 billion).
Wandering Earth earned US$88.8 million between Friday and Monday, according to data from Asian film industry consultancy Artisan Gateway. That was more than half of the US$160 million of the entire market.
Wandering Earth surpassed Avengers: Infinity War on Saturday to become the highestgrossing Imax release ever in China.
After adding US$7.2 million from 603 Imax screens over the four-day weekend, the Imax cumulative for the film now stands at US$43.7 million in China, and $44.7 million globally.
Crazy Alien was unchanged in second place. It earned US$25.8 million over the weekend, and advanced its 13-day cumulative to US$292 million.
Similarly, Han Han’s Pegasus was unchanged in third place.
It earned US$23.6 million, for a cumulative of US$219 million.
Boonie Bears: Blast Into the Past held on to fourth place, earning US$9.5 million. That takes it to US$94.7 million, and puts its US$100 million reported target in reach.
The week’s only significant new release, New Classics Media’s Fall in Love at First Kiss, opened in fifth position.
Including its earnings from Thursday – Valentine’s Day – the film earned US$19.2 million (RM80.6 million) in four days.