China
Aftershock Smashes Chinese Box Office Records
Michael Liuzza
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Sep 03, 2010
Further proof that although Hollywood studio product has been enjoying staggering success in international cinemas, domestic production in many countries continues to compete with these giants.
"Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang’s disaster drama Aftershock took in $24 million in its first four days of release in Hong Kong and mainland China, breaking several box office records in both territories. Feng Xiaogang’s disaster drama opened on 4,000 Chinese screens; Aftershock also marks the first time a foreign-language film will be released by IMAX.
Its opening-day sales reached $5.34m (RMB36.2m) and broke the previous opening-day record set by Avatar in January with $5.27m (36m) [according to the exchange rate at the time]. Three days later, up until midnight on Sunday, July 25, the film took in $23.6m (RMB160m), excluding the box office gross in IMAX screens, which also set the new first-weekend record in mainland China. The film’s gross in IMAX screens is not yet available."
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