Detective Chinatown 3
The Wanda Pictures comedy sequel is heading for a $400 million opening weekend, while six other Chinese tentpoles are generating strong social scores, suggesting that the holiday week will be an earnings bonanza.
China s Lunar New Year box office opened with a roar Friday.
Wanda Pictures Detective Chinatown 3 was leading the pack of seven new releases as expected. By 3pm local time, the comedy tentpole already racked up $125 million (RMB 810 million) in sales on its way to an opening-day total in clear excess of $150 million, according to early data from Artisan Gateway.
Many local analysts now believe the film could hit $400 million by the end of the three-day weekend. Ticketing app Maoyan forecasts a full run of $912 million (5.89 billion), which would make the movie the highest grossing Chinese film ever. Maoyan s forecasts often shift dramatically during a movie s release, but the threequel will undoubtedly be a monster blockbuster.