“Tenet” got off to a solid start on its debut in Chinese theaters on Friday.
It opened on top of the box office and eased aside local champion “The Eight Hundred.”.By 7pm on opening day “Tenet” had earned RMB50 million ($7.31 million), according to the China Box Office service of Ent Group.
Including earlier previews, its total stood at RMB54 million ($7.89 million).That was a 50% share of Friday’s revenues so far and was earned from 43% of available screens nationwide.
Chinese cinemas are operating with physical distancing restrictions that currently limit seating capacity to 50% of any auditorium.Maoyan, one of China’s two largest cinema ticketing firms, showed almost identical figures.
Once a film has opened, Maoyan also makes public forecasts that are based on a combination of actual sales, forward bookings, user ratings, and marketing activity.For the film’s lifetime theatrical box office, Maoyan is forecasting gross revenues
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