Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter pulling in $33.5M across five days of previews at the Chinese box office, local war epic The Eight Hundred overwhelmingly stormed theaters today, its first official day of release.
Adding roughly $20M across the country on Friday — the biggest single-day box office since cinemas resumed operations — the Middle Kingdom cume is now north of $53M.
It had already become the highest-grossing release of the year locally and, worldwide, is the biggest title since the reopening process began.The movie is the first Chinese film fully shot with IMAX cameras and is playing on more than 600 IMAX screens in the market.
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