Most Expensive Chinese Film War Epic 'Battle of Lake Changjin' Goes Past $400M Within A Week
Mumbai, October 6 - The last few weeks have been nothing less than a boon for cinemas across the world. After Hollywood pics "Shang-Chi", "No Time To Die", "Venom 2", among others, a Chinese film has now shouldered the responsibility to continue the revival of cinemas after the devastating covid-19 pandemic. ## After the Lunar New Year hits Hi, Mom ($821 million) and Detective Chinatown 3 ($685 million), another Chinese film, a war epic "The Battle of Lake Changjin" has gone past 2 billion yuan at the domestic box office. The film has continued its epic siege on the country's cinemas and becomes the just third film to go past $400M this year at the Chinese box office. ## To date, "The Battle of Lake Changjin" has earned $405 million (RMB 2.62 billion) in just six days of its domestic box office run, making it one of the fasted to reach the milestone worldwide. It has also become the 24th film to break the 2-billion-yuan box office mark and has broken 12 Chinese film industry records, including the National Day holiday film single-day box office record, the National Day holiday opening day screen time record, and the opening day box office record for a war movie.## "The Battle at Lake Changjin" is believed to be China's most expensive film ever made with a production budget of approx $200 million. It is directed by A-list Chinese filmmakers Chen Kaige, Hark Tsui, and Dante Lam and produced by Bona Film Group and state-backed film companies Shanghai Film Group and Huaxia. ## The film, which stars China's most-in-demand actors Wu Jing, Jackson Yee, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Hu Jun, and Duan Yihong, glorifies Chinese sacrifices and heroism during the real-life battle that took place at the eastern front in the second battle of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Three corps of the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) had a direct contest with the U.S. Army in the winter of 1950. ## Stay tuned...
