China’s ‘The Eight Hundred’ Grosses Nearly $90 Million
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variety.comRebecca Davis editorChinese war epic “The Eight Hundred” has grossed $88 million as of Saturday, after two days officially in theaters and a week of previews, according to data from industry tracker Maoyan.
It is the strongest performance of a new film yet since China reopened its cinemas on July 20.Although cinemas are still only allowed to operate at 50% capacity to encourage social distancing, “The Eight Hundred” made $18.5 million (RMB128 million) on opening day Friday.
Maoyan currently predicts a total gross of $286 million for the film.“The film’s release coincides this year with an upsurge of people’s patriotic enthusiasm during the pandemic period,” a commentator wrote on Tencent News. “‘The Eight Hundred’ is the first new film to.
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