Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorSATURDAY UPDATE: Since cinemas reopened in China’s low-risk areas on July 20, the market today had its biggest day yet.
Box office was $5.74M (RMB 40M) overall for the day, according to Maoyan figures. That reps a 38% jump from Friday. After leading last weekend and the midweeks, then dropping to No.
2 on Friday, Universal’s Dolittle piped back up on Saturday with another $1.45M (+111% over Friday). The cume through today is $10.85M.
Local title The Enigma Of Arrival dropped to No. 2 on Saturday and has grossed $2.4M so far.The situation is expected to change on Sunday with Warner Bros’ reissue of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.
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