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'Monster Hunt' breaks Chinese box office record

"Monster Hunt" sets China box office record - Xinhua | English.news.cn

BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Domestic live-action animation "Monster Hunt" beat Hollywood blockbuster "Furious 7," setting the record for highest-grossing film in the Chinese market and becoming the first Chinese film to take the top spot in 21 years.

Its total box office sales exceeded 2.428 billion yuan (385.3 U.S.dollars) as of Friday since its debut on July 16, according to statistics released by an office affiliated with the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).

"Monster Hunt" surpassed "Furious 7," whose total ticket sales hit 2.426 billion yuan in May, to become the most successful movie in Chinese cinemas.

It is the first domestic film to dominate China's box office since the Chinese mainland reopened its market to foreign movies in 1994.

The movie has run for an extra month and will leave cinemas on Sept. 17.

According to statistics, the animated feature "Monkey King: Hero is Back," a 3D animated adaptation of the classical epic "Journey to the West," grossed 955 million yuan in total as of Sept. 9 after opening on July 10, setting a box office record for domestic animated films

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"Mission: Impossible" rules China's box office
- Xinhua | English.news.cn


BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- "Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation," the fifth installment of the action franchise, ruled China's box office in the week ending Sept. 13, pulling in 550 million yuan (86.4 million U.S. dollars).


The film, which stars Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, opened on Sept. 8.

"Minions" grossed 120 million yuan during its release on Sept. 13 to land in the second spot.

The third spot went to domestic thriller "The Dead End", which raked in 31 million yuan in the week, China Film News reported Wednesday. Its total ticket sales since its release on Aug. 27 reached 297.6 million yuan on Sept. 13.

"Terminator Genisys", the fifth sequel in the series, came in fourth, reaping 26.7 million yuan in the week. Its total box office sales hit 722.7 million yuan since opening on Aug. 23.

Rounding out the top five was the domestic live action animated film "Monster Hunt", the highest-grossing film in the Chinese market, with 17.8 million yuan. Its total box office earnings stood at 2.44 billion yuan on Sept. 13 since its debut on on July 16.

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"Monster Hunt" sets China box office record - Xinhua | English.news.cn

BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Domestic live-action animation "Monster Hunt" beat Hollywood blockbuster "Furious 7," setting the record for highest-grossing film in the Chinese market and becoming the first Chinese film to take the top spot in 21 years.

Over 40 million free tickets were given out to help make 'Monster Hunt' China's top grossing film of all time: Shanghaiist

"In response to public suspicion concerning record-breaking box office figures of the homegrown hit Monster Hunt, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has suggested that the ticket sales numbers are likely fake. Subsequently, Hong Kong based broadcaster Edko has confessed to giving out more than 40 million free tickets for obligatory "public welfare screenings.

Incidentally, during its run, CCTV reported instances of free screenings of the movie in suspiciously empty theaters."
 
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Good lord! It's now global. Is anyone, in any country, ever going to start making films again that are for people over the age of 30? :tsk:
 
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