Six major Chinese-language titles deliver $535m, the biggest three-day weekend in a single market ever.To welcome the Year of the Dog, the Chinese blockbusters lit up the box office like firecrackers this weekend.Friday, the start of the week-long holidays, saw the roll out of no less than six major Chinese-language titles.
By Sunday, China has delivered a series of box office records over three days (Feb 16-18), including the world record for the biggest three-day weekend in a single market with $535m.About 40% of the opening weekend receipts, or $281m, came from Friday alone.
This represented another world record of the biggest single day performance in a single market, beating North America’s record led by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.Monster Hunt 2 easily stood out as the best performer, with new records including the single biggest day and the biggest opening day in Chinese history with $85.26m from Friday, overtaking Furious 8 and Wolf
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