Romantic drama, “Us and Them” dominated the Chinese box office over the weekend ahead of the May Day week holiday.
But questions surround the scale of its victory.Unusually, most new films opened on Saturday instead of the more typical Friday.
That reflected the extended working week ahead of one of the most important holiday period of the year in China.
At least six new films were released, and over three days the top ten included 17 different titles.In the days before its Saturday release, “Us and Them” was the pre-sales favorite.
And in two days it scored a sensational $88.8 million according to data from Ent Group.The directorial debut of Taiwanese actress Rene Liu, “Us and Them” stars Jing Boran, Zhou Dongyou, and Tian Zhuangzhuang.
The tragi-comedy features a story about strangers who meet on a train while traveling home for the holidays.But there have been multiple local
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