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Refresh for latest…: Sunday’s international box office reporting looks vastly different to what was expected coming into the weekend.

A Friday gross that portended a high-teens launch for Monster Hunter in China was quickly thwarted when local authorities pulled the feature game adaptation from the country’s cinemas.

This was the result of an online backlash over a short exchange in the film that has been perceived as racist by local audiences.

We understand that Tencent, which is handling Chinese distribution and is an equity partner in the film, is waiting to hear from the film bureau over whether excising the offending scene could allow it back to screens.China state media is not reporting on the issue, and ticketing platform Maoyan has

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