Rerelease drives box office growth with a $13.4m weekend haul, trouncing new release Bad Boys For Life.Warner Bros’ reissue of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone topped the weekend box office (August 14-16) on its release in China, grossing $13.4m in three days and far outpacing the weekend’s new release, Sony’s Bad Boys For Life.The film, which was first released in China in January 2002, is returning in a 4K 3D digital restoration for the first time to an audience that has enthusiastically supported the entire Harry Potter franchise.
IMAX screens accounted for $2.1m or around 17% of the film’s weekend total.
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