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China Box Office: ‘Stand by Me’ Retains Top Spot as ‘The Wild Robot’ Cranks Up Third Place
At a subdued mainland China box office, 'Stand By Me’ held on to top spot for the second weekend, ahead of ‘The Wild Robot’ in third place.
Weekend box office, in the country with a population of 1.3 billion, and some 90,000 cinema screens in commercial operation, amounted to just $25.1 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. The next couple of weeks may prove decisive in clarifying whether the Chinese box office can return to the path of recovery.“Transformers One” is the only major film getting a conventional Friday release in China. On Tuesday (Oct. 1), it will be joined by: Ning Hao and Xu Lei’s comedy-drama “The Hutong Cowboy”; Lu Chuan ‘s sci-fi monster film “Bureau 749”; Liu Jiangjiang’s disaster drama “Give You A Candy”; Oxide Pang’s action thriller “High Forces”; Wu Bai’s crime film “Tiger Wolf Rabbit”; Zhang Luan’s Jackie Cha-starring action-comedy “Panda Plan”; Chinese animation “New Happy Dad and Son 6: Shrunk”; and “A Tapestry of a Legendary Land,” which is adapted from a stage production.
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