Chinese crime action film “No More Bets” headed the mainland China box office for the fourth consecutive weekend, cementing its place as one of the biggest films in the world this year.Between Friday and Sunday, it earned $33.5 million (RMB241 million), according to data from specialist consultancy firm Artisan Gateway.
Global data provider Comscore ranked that as the third highest performance of the weekend anywhere in the world, narrowly behind “Barbie’s” $35.3 million.The latest increment advanced “No More Bets’” cumulative score to $469 million (RMB3.37 billion).“Papa,” a comedy about parental efforts to improve their son’s education, held an unchanged second place in its second week.
It earned $14.9 million over the weekend, a 37% week-on-week decline that gives it a 10-day cumulative of $59.2 million.
The film is produced by comedian Huang Bo, who also stars.
Huang appears in two of this year’s other hits, “Creation of the Gods” and “One and Only.
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