International

1537 days ago

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China's Highest-Grossing Film 'Battle of Lake Changjin' Sequel Opens To Huge Over $100M At The Box Office

BY SACNILK

Mumbai, February 1 - China's war film "Battle of Lake Changjin 2" has taken a storming start at the Chinese box office, surging to $105 million (RMB667 million) on the first day. The film has taken a commanding early lead at China's highly lucrative Lunar New Year box office race. ## "Battle of Lake Changjin" aka "Watergate Bridge" is the sequel to China's highest-grossing film of the same title. The first "Battle of Lake Changjin", which opened last year during China's October 1, National Day holiday, went on to score $913 million, becoming the biggest Chinese movie and the non-English film of all time. ## The sequel, which is also directed by the original directors Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, had grossed RMB487 million ($76.5 million) by 1.30 pm on Tuesday (Feb. 1), according to online ticketing agency Maoyan and Alibaba's Beacon data service (via Variety). By 10 pm, its total had passed RMB667 million ($105 million). ## "Battle of Lake Changjin" sequel, however, fell way short of breaking China's single-day box office record of RMB 1.05 billion (or $163 million at the time) set by Wanda's "Detective Chinatown 3" last year. However, the sequel has much better social scores than those of Detective Chinatown 3, with 9.6 on ticketing service Maoyan, 9.6 on Alibaba's Taopiaopiao ticketing platform, and 7.4 on popular reviews site Douban. ## According to Variety, Chinese State media has forecast that the film may finish over $1 billion at the end of its box office run. If the forecast turns out true, the "Battle of Lake Changjin 2" will become China's new all-time box office champion by surpassing its predecessor, which was also the second-highest-grossing film of 2021 worldwide, behind "Spider-Man: No Way Home".## The film glorifies China's victory over U.S. forces during a key battle in the Korean War (known in China as the "War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea"). The new installment focuses on the Chinese military's mission to take out the Water Gate Bridge, an important path of retreat for American troops.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1634 days ago

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Box Office: China's War Epic 'The Battle at Lake Changjin' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film Worldwide In 2021

BY SACNILK

Mumbai, October 27 - China's war epic film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" has become the highest-grossing film of 2021 worldwide. It surpassed fellow Chinese film "Hi, Mom" ($848 million or 5.41 billion yuan) to reach the top spot with $883 million or 5.64 billion yuan at the Chinese box office. ## "The Battle at Lake Changjin" also becomes the second highest-grossing Chinses film and also the 2nd highest-grossing non-English film of all time after "Wolf Warrior 2" (2017), which grossed 5.69 billion yuan. Released on September 30, the box office monster is inching towards becoming the top-grossing non-English film ever.## Among the top 5 highest-grossing films of 2021, 3 films are Chinese while two are Hollywood films. "Hi, Mom" is at number 2 with $848 million followed by "Fast & Furious 9" (F9) at 3 with $716 million, "Detective Chinatown 3" with $686 million, and James Bond "No Time To Die" with $526 million. ## "The Battle at Lake Changjin" is reportedly 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 in 1950 that took place at the eastern front in the second battle of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1656 days ago

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Most Expensive Chinese Film War Epic 'Battle of Lake Changjin' Goes Past $400M Within A Week

BY SACNILK

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...