Chinese war film, “The Eight Hundred” was the highest scoring film in the world over the weekend.According to data from Artisan Gateway, “The Eight Hundred” grossed $69 million between Friday and Sunday, its second weekend on release in China.
That compares with the $53 million total achieved by “Tenet” in the 41 international territories where it debuted in the past days.The Guan Hu-directed, Huayi Bros.-distributed “Eight Hundred” earned $19.5 million on Friday, topped that with $26 million on Saturday and added $24 million on Sunday.
The weekend total represents a strong holdover performance, down only 11% on its opening weekend score of $79.6 million.The spectacle continued to play well on premium large format screens.
Over the weekend “The Eight Hundred” earned another $3.5m from 633 Imax screens, pushing the Imax cume to $15.6m, or 6% of the movie’s overall gross in China.After 10 days of official release, plus bountiful previews, “The Eight Hundred” has accumulated a $277 million running total.
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