{"id":13649,"date":"2016-02-01T05:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13649"},"modified":"2016-07-04T06:09:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T06:09:20","slug":"whats-the-biggest-film-in-the-world-right-now-hint-its-chinese","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/news\/whats-the-biggest-film-in-the-world-right-now-hint-its-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the biggest film in the world right now? Hint: It\u2019s Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><div style=\"width: 1440px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-13649-1\" width=\"1440\" height=\"600\" poster=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Havoc-in-Heavens-Palace-Trailer-Madarin.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Havoc-in-Heavens-Palace-Trailer-Madarin.mp4\">http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Havoc-in-Heavens-Palace-Trailer-Madarin.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As the Oscars loom on the horizon, it would be easy to think that one of the front-runners would be dominating the global box office \u2013 maybe &#8216;The Wolf of Wall Street\u2019 or David O. Russell\u2019s &#8216;American Hustle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No, the biggest film at the global box office right now is \u2018The Monkey King\u2019, never heard of it? Don\u2019t worry, neither had we until we saw the results of the hotly-contested Chinese New Year box office battle.<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\".2aw37cxiwmw.$0.0.0.1.2.0.2.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas-Proxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$1\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/-iron-man-3--gets-special-chinese-treatment-121603020.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Iron Man 3&#8217; gets extra scenes for Chinese release<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The special effects extravaganza (which looks epic, watch the trailer above), based on a passage from the classical novel \u2019Journey To The West\u2019, opened in just seven regions on January 31st, raking in an estimated \u00a328m over a three day period.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"canvas-image Mx(a) canvas-atom My(24px) My(20px)--sm Ta(c)\" data-type=\"image\" data-reactid=\".2aw37cxiwmw.$0.0.0.1.2.0.2.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas-Proxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$2\">\n<div class=\"Maw(100%) D(ib)\" data-reactid=\".2aw37cxiwmw.$0.0.0.1.2.0.2.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas-Proxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$2.0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13651 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office.jpg\" alt=\"1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office-350x222.jpg 350w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office-500x317.jpg 500w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c8ffc0c-72bc-4816-af3f-fe192f984d5d_Monkey-King-chinese-box-office.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a>In comparison, the highest-grossing film at the US box office \u2018Ride Along&#8217; took \u00a37.3m over the same period, in its third week of release.<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chinese New Year is historically one of the most profitable weekends in the Chinese cinema year, so it&#8217;s no surprise a home-grown film took home the lion&#8217;s (or should that be monkey&#8217;s?) share.<\/p>\n<p>The data from international box office tracking agency Rentrak also shows that \u2018The Monkey King\u2019 performed well on IMAX screens taking \u00a31.1m on the Friday along, beating the record for opening day takings of \u00a3918,000 previously held by \u2018Iron Man 3\u2019.<br \/>\nThe Hong Kong-made feature which stars Asian cinema heavyweights Donnie Yen (\u2018Ip Man\u2019, \u2018Hero\u2019) and Chow Yun-Fat (\u2018Hard Boiled\u2019, \u2018Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\u2019), tells the story of how the Monkey King (Yen) rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\".2aw37cxiwmw.$0.0.0.1.2.0.2.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas-Proxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$6\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/censored-version-of-skyfall-opens-in-china-091120942.html\" target=\"_blank\">Censored version of &#8216;Skyfall&#8217; opens in China<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Monkey King\u2019 does not currently have a UK release date, but it\u2019s heading to US cinemas in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13611\" src=\"http:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster.jpg\" alt=\"TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900 poster\" width=\"506\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themonkeyking.com\/mk\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheMonkeyKingHavocinHeavensPalace1600x900-poster.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a>Click here for article<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/what-s-the-biggest-film-in-the-world-right-now--hint--it-s-chinese-112101626.html\">http:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/what-s-the-biggest-film-in-the-world-right-now&#8211;hint&#8211;it-s-chinese-112101626.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"author Mb(4px) Mend(4px) D(ib)\" data-reactid=\".kstd3uwevu.$0.0.0.1.2.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution-Proxy.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution.1.0\">\n<div class=\"author-name C(#000) Fw(b) Fz(14px) Lh(18px) Mend(3px) Td(n)\" data-reactid=\".kstd3uwevu.$0.0.0.1.2.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution-Proxy.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution.1.0.0\">Tom Butler<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"D(tbc)\" data-reactid=\".kstd3uwevu.$0.0.0.1.2.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution-Proxy.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution.1.1\"><span class=\"provider Mb(4px) Pend(5px)\" data-reactid=\".kstd3uwevu.$0.0.0.1.2.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution-Proxy.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution.1.1.0\"><span class=\"provider-name C(#999) Fw(b)\" data-reactid=\".kstd3uwevu.$0.0.0.1.2.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution-Proxy.$SideTop-3-HeadComponentAttribution.1.1.0.0\">Yahoo UK Movies News<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo News What&#8217;s the biggest film in the world right now? 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