Rebecca Davis editorDisney’s “Mulan” made only $6.47 million over its second weekend in China, allowing it to be handily defeated once again by the local war epic “The Eight Hundred,” according to data from industry tracker Maoyan.As of Sunday evening, the Disney title has earned a cumulative $36.5 million (RMB 247 million) in the key territory.
But “The Eight Hundred” led the Chinese box office by more than tripling those earnings, despite already being a month into its theatrical run.“The Eight Hundred” has now earned a total of $425 million (RMB 2.88 billion) since is Aug.
21 debut, making it China’s highest grossing film of the year so far. It is projected to continue on to a total box office of $446 million (RMB 3.02 billion),.
Read more on variety.com