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China Box Office: 'End of Endless Love' Wins Weekend After 'Monster Hunter' Yanked from Cinemas

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It was a drama-filled weekend at the Chinese multiplex. Tencent's big-budget video game adaptation Monster Hunter was yanked from cinemas one day into its release over a scene local audiences decried as derogatory.

Domestic fantasy features The End of Endless Love and Soul Snatcherthen took advantage of the breach, pulling in strong earnings of $22.6 million and $19.5 million, respectively.

Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) and starring Milla Jovovich, Monster Hunter is an adaptation of the Capcom game series of the same name — which happens to command a particularly strong following in China.

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