China box office: ‘Rampage’ tops chart with $58m opening

Ready Player One slips to number 2, with a total of $201m.After a strong week with a three-day Qing Ming holidays, the volatile Chinese box office shrunk significantly by about 32% week-on-week in the period of Apr 9-15, making it one of the quietest weeks in 2018.Warner Bros’ action adventure Rampage easily charged to the top of the charts with $58.1m from its three-day opening weekend.

This represented about 60% more than its simultaneous release in North America, following in the footsteps of recent Us films such as Ready Player One, Pacific Rim: Uprising and Tomb Raider to have China as their biggest market.

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