China's blockbuster war epic The Eight Hundred earned a healthy $69 million during its second weekend on Chinese screens, retaining the global box office crown over Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
Tenet brought in $53 million-plus from 41 international markets, including Canada, according to Warner Bros. The Eight Hundred's second-weekend single country results highlighted just how fully China's theatrical market has staged a comeback — and how inconsistently other international territories continue to perform as filmgoers remain wary about returning to theaters amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly all of China's approximately 70,000 movie screens are back in operation, although public health officials are maintaining a 50 percent limit.
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