{"id":570569,"date":"2023-04-17T09:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T06:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-box-office-jack-chans-ride-on-wins-another-weekend-while-mario-bros-fails-to-level-up\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T06:23:05","slug":"china-box-office-jack-chans-ride-on-wins-another-weekend-while-mario-bros-fails-to-level-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-box-office-jack-chans-ride-on-wins-another-weekend-while-mario-bros-fails-to-level-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#China Box Office: Jack Chan\u2019s \u2018Ride On\u2019 Wins Another Weekend While \u2018Mario Bros\u2019 Fails to Level Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Aging action legend Jackie Chan galloped away with another win as his latest action-comedy film Ride On<\/em> maintained its grip on the top spot of the Chinese box office for the second consecutive weekend. Meanwhile, Universal Pictures\u2019 The Super Mario Bros. Movie <\/em>struggled to keep up, finishing the frame in fourth place.<\/p>\n

\n According to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, Ride On<\/em> earned $6 million (RMB41.5 million) for the weekend, representing a respectable 48 percent week-on-week drop from its $11.7 million opening the week prior. The film has already amassed $22.6 million in ticket sales since its release on April 7. Ticketing app<\/a> Maoyan projects a $33 million (RMB230 million) career total for the title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n Coming in second place was iQiyi Pictures\u2019 Hachiko<\/em>, which added $4.9 million over the weekend, bringing its total to $35.1 million since its release on March 31. The film, which is based on the classic Japanese story of a loyal dog who waits for his owner every day at the train station, has been a respectable minor hit with Chinese audiences.<\/p>\n

\n The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em> continued to underwhelm, meanwhile, collecting $4.3 million in its second weekend in China, bringing its total to $17.1 million after ten days \u2014\u00a0a tiny fraction of the film\u2019s bofo $347.8 million domestic haul.\u00a0Such wide gaps between domestic and Chinese sales totals were once rare for top IP-driven studio tentpoles. <\/p>\n

\n The new release of the week was period action feature Faces in the Crowd<\/em>, opening in fifth place with $3 million.<\/p>\n

\n China\u2019s box-office total for 2023 currently sits at $2.5 billion, which is 20 percent higher than the same period last year, when the market was stricken with harsh Covid-19 lockdowns and cinema closures. Compared to the pre-pandemic benchmark year of 2019, this year\u2019s start is down by 17 percent.<\/p>\n

\n Analysts are expecting a burst of box-office energy on Friday, however, with the release of Japanese anime<\/a> hit The First Slam Dunk<\/em>, which is being jointly distributed by China Film Group and Road Pictures, the marketer and distributor behind Suzume<\/em>\u2018s recent local success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n