“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is expected to the biggest film of the weekend globally and in North America, where an opening weekend of $170 million-$200 million is likely.
But in China, it’s on course to be the weakest-performing installment of the new batch of “Star Wars” films.On Friday, in its first official sessions in Chinese theaters, the film was barely crawling.
By 5:30 p.m.
local time, “The Rise of Skywalker” had earned just $1.57 million (RMB11 million), according to multiple data tracking services.
It stood in fourth place behind three Chinese titles.Topping the chart with a comfortable 44% market share is the new release Donnie Yen-starring martial arts actioner “Ip Man 4: The Finale” with $6.7 million (RMB47 million).Second place belongs to holdover crime thriller “Sheep Without A Shepherd,” ahead of new release “Only Cloud Knows,” a whimsical New Zealand-set romance from the acclaimed, but tarnished Feng Xiaogang,
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