China box office: ‘Black Panther’ roars as ‘Operation Red Sea’ holds strong

Disney’s afrofuturist blockbuster takes $70.1m over three-day opening weekend.After the local festive titles took turns to top the charts, Hollywood struck gold with Black Panther in the week of Mar 5-11, while Operation Red Sea is now officially the overall Chinese New Year champion.Disney’s Black Panther has become the first Hollywood title to take the No.1 weekly spot in 2018 as the Chinese box office has been dominated by strong local blockbusters and Indian hit Secret Superstar.The superhero film with a predominantly black cast debuted as the fourth highest for a Marvel Cinematic Universe (McU) title,

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