Wonder Woman 1984 is off to a sluggish start in China. The Warner Bros./DC superhero tentpole opened Friday in direct competition with Chinese action flick The Rescue, directed by Dante Lam, and as of 5 p.m.
in Beijing, the local favorite had staked out a commanding lead. The Rescue's mid-evening total stood at $8.9 million and climbing, compared to just $4.6 (30 million RMB) for WW 1984, according to an estimate from Artisan Gateway.
The first Wonder Woman(2017) debuted in China with $38 million, finishing at $90.5 million. At its current pace, WW1984, which reunites director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot, could struggle to earn much more than half of that total.
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