{"id":13647,"date":"2016-02-01T05:35:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13647"},"modified":"2016-07-04T05:38:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T05:38:40","slug":"monkey-king-reigns-at-china-and-global-box-office","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/news\/monkey-king-reigns-at-china-and-global-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey King\u2019 Reigns At China And Global Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"articlepage-override\"><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/monkey-king-reigns-at-china-and-global-box-office-1201083571\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-carousel alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/monkeyking.jpg?w=670&amp;h=377&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"The Monkey King\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>According to local sources, the picture claimed RMB216 million or US$35.4 million in its first two days of release (Jan. 31-Feb 1). Data is necessarily preliminary as China is largely closed for the prolonged holiday period. Overseas tracking agency Rentrak estimates a $46 million three day (Friday-Sunday) cumulative total in the seven territories that \u201cMonkey King\u201d opened. The Hong Kong-made production directed by Soi Pou-cheang and starring Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, enjoyed a 30% market share and beat off TV show adaptation \u201cDad, Where Are We Going?\u201d Released only in China \u201cDad\u201d scored RMB<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"articlepage-override\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>171 million ($28 million) to Saturday according to local data, and $34 million through Sunday, according to Rentrak estimates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The film scored particularly strongly on the huge circuit of Imax screens in China. Opening on 140 Imax Middle Kingdom screens it kicked off with a $1.8 million opening day, beating the $1.5 million score of \u201cIron Man 3.\u201d Imax estimates that it will complete the weekend with a $4.5 million cume.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSpecifically, Friday is now our biggest Imax day ever, for either a Hollywood or Chinese title,\u201d Imax Entertainment CEO Greg Foster, told Variety.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> The Rentrak worldwide data also underlines the growing importance of the Chinese box office. The top film in North America, \u201cRide Along\u201d this weekend grossed $12.3 million according to Rentrak. Chinese New Year, which is tied to the lunar new year and shifts between January and February, is a high point in the Chinese cinema year, along with the pre-Christmas month of December.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/monkey-king-reigns-at-china-and-global-box-office-1201083571\/\">http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/monkey-king-reigns-at-china-and-global-box-office-1201083571\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VARIETY &#8211; HONG KONG \u201cThe Monkey King,\u201d a vfx-heavy re-telling of part of the classic \u201cJourney To The West\u201d tale dominated the Chinese New Year box office \u2014 and took top spot in the global rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[76,70,95,71,77,73,92],"news-category":[96],"class_list":["post-13647","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chinese-cinema","tag-global-star-productions","tag-hong-kong-filmmaking","tag-michael-wehrhahn","tag-monkey-king","tag-robert-harris","tag-the-monkey-king-havoc-in-heavens-palace","news-category-news-articles"],"psp_head":"<title>Monkey King\u2019 Reigns At China And Global Box Office \u2013 The Official World of The Monkey King. 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