{"id":576477,"date":"2023-05-29T06:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-box-office-fast-x-roars-past-100m-the-little-mermaid-struggles-to-stay-afloat\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T06:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:12:22","slug":"china-box-office-fast-x-roars-past-100m-the-little-mermaid-struggles-to-stay-afloat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-box-office-fast-x-roars-past-100m-the-little-mermaid-struggles-to-stay-afloat\/","title":{"rendered":"#China Box Office: \u2018Fast X\u2019 Roars Past $100M, \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Struggles to Stay Afloat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Universal Pictures\u2019 Fast X<\/em> cruised to another easy win at China\u2019s theatrical box office over the weekend, earning $17.6 million for a cumulative total of $109.9 million.<\/p>\n

\n Disney\u2019s The Little Mermaid<\/em>, though, is clearly sinking rather than swimming in the China market. The Rob Marshall-directed film, starring Halle Bailey\u00a0as Ariel, opened to just $2.5 million \u2014 on the far low end for Disney\u2019s live-action remakes in China.<\/p>\n

\n The Little Mermaid<\/em> was outearned by a pair of holdovers and a new anime<\/a> release. Local road comedy\u00a0Godspeed<\/em>, already a month in cinemas, added $6.8 million to a total that now sits at $145.4 million. Disney\/Marvel\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<\/em> took $4.9 million for a $79.6 million cume. Japanese anime feature Sword Art Online The Movie<\/em> opened to $3.8 million, with local ticketing app<\/a> Maoyan forecasting it to top out in China with around $5 million.<\/p>\n

\n A little over a week ago, Fast X <\/em>gave Hollywood its best China opening of 2023 \u2014\u00a0$51.1 million. The film slid 66 percent in its second frame, and Maoyan now forecasts it to finish out at just under $125 million. That\u2019s a boffo showing for the new post-pandemic normal, but much less than recent installments in the Fast and Furious<\/em> franchise have brought home from China. F9: The Fast Saga<\/em> earned $216.9 million in 2021, which was down considerably from The Fate of the Furious<\/em>\u2018 $392.8 million in 2017 and Furious 7<\/em>\u2018s $390.9 million in 2015.<\/p>\n

\n The Little Mermaid<\/em>\u2018s China earnings are meek by any measure. Maoyan predicts the film will take only $4 million. Most of Disney\u2019s live-action remakes have done far better. Cruella<\/em> came in on the low end with $24 million in 2021, while others like The Lion King<\/em> ($120 million, 2019) and The<\/em> Jungle Book<\/em> ($150 million, 2016) have done vastly better. Domestically, Mermaid is performing powerfully \u2014\u00a0studio estimates currently see a four-day Memorial Day debut of $118 million, the holiday\u2019s fifth-biggest opening of all time.<\/p>\n

\n U.S. studio product will continue flowing into China over the coming weeks. Sony\u2019s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse <\/em>launches Friday, followed by Paramount\u2019s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts<\/em> a week later. Japanese anime will also continue to be a staple at the Chinese multiplex, with both Doraemon the Movie: Nobita\u2019s Sky Utopia<\/em> and Studio Ghibli\u2019s 1986 animated classic Laputa: Castle<\/em> in the Sky releasing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n