Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese hit comedy “Successor” comfortably topped the mainland China box office over the weekend and advanced its haul to over $300 million.
But “Deadpool & Wolverine” also enjoyed one of Hollywood’s strongest openings in the territory so far this year. “Successor,” a Chinese-produced comedy drama about escape from poverty, earned RMB364 million ($51.3 million) in what was its second official weekend of release and its third in reality, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway.
Its cumulative now stands at $317 million. “Deadpool & Wolverine” took $23.9 million over the weekend. With previews, it has a total of $24.5 million.
Some $5 million of the weekend total came from Imax screens. That was the second biggest opening weekend performance by any Hollywood film this year and is only bettered by “Godzilla x Kong,” a film produced by Wanda-owned Legendary Entertainment and handled by its China subsidiary Legendary East. “Godzilla x Kong” earned an opening $44.6 million in China.
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