deadline.com
Nancy Tartaglione
China
tv
video
film
broadway
Nancy Tartaglione
China
‘The Eight Hundred’ Tops $50M In China As First Official Day Of Release Adds $20M To Previews – International Box Office
Reading now: 761
deadline.com
deadline.comNancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter pulling in $33.5M across five days of previews at the Chinese box office, local war epic The Eight Hundred overwhelmingly stormed theaters today, its first official day of release.
Adding roughly $20M across the country on Friday — the biggest single-day box office since cinemas resumed operations — the Middle Kingdom cume is now north of $53M.
It had already become the highest-grossing release of the year locally and, worldwide, is the biggest title since the reopening process began.The movie is the first Chinese film fully shot with IMAX cameras and is playing on more than 600 IMAX screens in the market.
Read more on deadline.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.