China Box Office: ‘The Untold Story’ Wins Weekend With Two-Day Opening, ‘Red One’ Opens Sixth
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese melodrama film “The Untold Story” opened on top of the mainland China box office on its debut weekend, despite playing for only two days.
It earned RMB80.8 million ($11.4 million), according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway.Adapted from a novel, the film tells the story of an undercover drugs cop, who sometimes goes undercover as a taxi driver, and restorer of cultural relics.
The film (aka “That Untold Story”) stars Roy Chiu and Lang Yue-ting and is directed by Zhang Yan. In second place was “Venom: The Last Dance,” playing its third weekend in China.
It scored $7.5 million between Friday and Sunday, for a running total of $83.2 million after 19 days in Chinese cinemas.Close behind in third place was “Cesium Fallout,” a nuclear disaster film that opened a week earlier.
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