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‘YOLO,’ ‘Pegasus 2’ and ‘Boonie Bears’ Dominate Global Box Office Weekend as Chinese New Year Releases Earn $350 Million in Two Days
‘YOLO’ and ‘Pegasus 2’ dominate the global box office as Chinese New Year releases earn $340 million and North America instead watched the Super Bowl.
Four Chinese films dominated the global box office charts over the weekend, with combined takings of $350 million earned over just two days. Chinese titles eschewed their usual Friday release pattern and opened on Saturday, the first official day of the Lunar New Year holiday period in China and much of Asia. Global box office tracking service ComScore reported largely similar estimates for the Chinese titles and said that Universal’s “Argylle” ranked fifth around the world.
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