Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” enjoyed a strong second weekend at the box office in China.
It remained on top of the chart with $43.8 million in three days, for a cumulative score of $163 million after 10 days.The film also benefitted from a bumper Thursday, when it scored $25.5 million.
The day is a significant public holiday – Qing Ming or grave-sweeping day – and very much family time, which effectively made for a four-day weekend.
Several new films released on Wednesday or Thursday, in order to take advantage of the holiday, instead of the usual Friday.Most successful of these was India’s “Hindi Medium,” a family- and education-themed drama from last year, which opened on Wednesday.
It stars Irrfan Khan, who has been seen in several Hollywood films, but does not have the strength of brand in China enjoyed by Aamir Khan.
The film collected $11.7 million over the weekend for second place,
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