Disney's 'Zootopia 2' Continues Reign at China Box Office
For a second consecutive weekend, Disney's highly anticipated sequel 'Zootopia 2' held onto its top spot on the Chinese box office charts. The film's latest earnings of RMB49.1 million ($6.9 million) pushed its cumulative total to a staggering RMB4.31 billion ($607.2 million). With this performance, Disney remains firmly in control of China's theatrical market.
Coming in at number two was Maoyan Movie's crime thriller 'The Fire Raven', which added $6.8 million to its running total of $42.3 million after just over two weeks in release. The film has garnered solid traction despite stiff competition, thanks in part to the strong performances from its cast, including Peng Yuchang, Alan Aruna, and Chang Ning.
Meanwhile, James Cameron's sci-fi epic 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' moved up to third place, with earnings of $6.5 million over the weekend. The film has now grossed a significant $146.6 million in China, demonstrating its enduring appeal among Chinese audiences.
In fourth place was Huace Film & TV's family drama 'Back to the Past', which took in $4.9 million and brought its cumulative total to $33.7 million. Produced by Louis Koo's One Cool Film Production, this film is a feature adaptation of Hong Kong broadcaster TVB's 2001 historical sci-fi series 'A Step Into the Past'. The project reunites original cast members with new additions, including Bai Baihe and Michael Miu.
Finally, rounding out the top five was Chuanqiren Media's family drama 'Unexpected Family', which collected $900,000 and stands at a total of $5.5 million to date. Directed by Li Taiyan, this comedy-drama tells the story of a young man entangled in an unexpected family situation with an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's.
With earnings of $31.6 million for the weekend, China's box office market remains on track for a solid year, although it appears to be settling into a quieter post-festive rhythm ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday next month when several major releases are expected to hit theaters.
For a second consecutive weekend, Disney's highly anticipated sequel 'Zootopia 2' held onto its top spot on the Chinese box office charts. The film's latest earnings of RMB49.1 million ($6.9 million) pushed its cumulative total to a staggering RMB4.31 billion ($607.2 million). With this performance, Disney remains firmly in control of China's theatrical market.
Coming in at number two was Maoyan Movie's crime thriller 'The Fire Raven', which added $6.8 million to its running total of $42.3 million after just over two weeks in release. The film has garnered solid traction despite stiff competition, thanks in part to the strong performances from its cast, including Peng Yuchang, Alan Aruna, and Chang Ning.
Meanwhile, James Cameron's sci-fi epic 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' moved up to third place, with earnings of $6.5 million over the weekend. The film has now grossed a significant $146.6 million in China, demonstrating its enduring appeal among Chinese audiences.
In fourth place was Huace Film & TV's family drama 'Back to the Past', which took in $4.9 million and brought its cumulative total to $33.7 million. Produced by Louis Koo's One Cool Film Production, this film is a feature adaptation of Hong Kong broadcaster TVB's 2001 historical sci-fi series 'A Step Into the Past'. The project reunites original cast members with new additions, including Bai Baihe and Michael Miu.
Finally, rounding out the top five was Chuanqiren Media's family drama 'Unexpected Family', which collected $900,000 and stands at a total of $5.5 million to date. Directed by Li Taiyan, this comedy-drama tells the story of a young man entangled in an unexpected family situation with an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's.
With earnings of $31.6 million for the weekend, China's box office market remains on track for a solid year, although it appears to be settling into a quieter post-festive rhythm ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday next month when several major releases are expected to hit theaters.
and I'm not surprised it's giving Netflix a run for its money 
! Just kidding, kind of 
. Seriously though, $607 million is crazy cash for one movie – must be those cute little animal puns doing the trick 
. And who knew Peng Yuchang and Alan Aruna could bring down The Fire Raven? Guess you can't keep a good villain down 
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. Seriously though, it's impressive how well 'Zootopia 2' is doing - $607.2 million already? The film's message about diversity and inclusion must be resonating with Chinese audiences 
. As for the rest of the movies, I'm happy to see some new faces and stories getting attention, but sometimes you just wanna see a Disney movie that doesn't involve so much sassy attitude 
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. The Chinese box office just got a lot more exciting with this movie dominating the charts for two weekends in a row 
Their merchandising game would definitely be on point with that 
so china box office is still killing it with all these movies 
. Disney's zootopia 2 is doing crazy numbers, i mean $607 million already? that's insane 
. what's up with the chinese box office being so consistent all year? don't get any major releases in december or january? seems like people wanna go to the movies when it's not super busy 
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! I'm loving how 'Zootopia 2' is holding onto that top spot 
! Meanwhile, 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' is still a strong contender 
, with its sci-fi epic magic 
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. It's great to see Chinese audiences enjoying all these different types of films 
Let me know if you have any predictions! 
it's like disney just can't stop makin dat movie money 
. But you know what's even more amazin'? The fact that Chinese audiences are still goin' wild for family dramas like "Back to the Past" 
. It just goes to show that there's still a market for all kinds of movies out there. And I gotta say, it's pretty cool to see these new films doin' so well. Reminds me of when Toy Story was first released back in '97... 
and don't even get me started on how long it's been since avatar came out... $146 million is just crazy, but I mean who even cares about james cameron's movies anymore? 
at least the cast for the fire raven did okay in my opinion, i loved peng yuchang's acting 
i've heard great things about the new characters and the animation looks insane 
how does disney do it every time?! 
and zootopia itself was such an underrated film, not many ppl knew about it when it first came out 
. Just like how Disney is keeping on top in China, we can all learn from the value of nostalgia and our favorite stories 
i'm still hyped for avatar: fire and ash though, james cameron is a genius 