"Captain Marvel" breaks the stereotypes with $ 34 million Friday in China

All this shows once again that the conventional wisdom about the type of film that foreign audiences will adopt or not continues to be totally wrong. Black Panther did about as well as most of the superhero movies in China at that time. Idem Wonder Woman who reported only $ 5 million less than Dawn of Justice . More importantly, the idea that Chinese audiences are predisposed to reject a superhero fantasy led by a woman is challenged not only by Captain Marvel but by a host of recent offers large studios.

Think of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ($ 159 million out of a total of $ 312 million), Ghost in the Shell ($ 29 million out of a total of $ 170 million), Tomb Raider ($ 94 million out of a total of $ 275 million) and Alita: Battle Angel (about $ 135 million dollars) A total probable cost of $ 415 million). No, it did not magically transform these films into big hits, but they had a better reception in China than the so-called progressive / woke / etc. North American moviegoers. It is in North America, the place that supposedly dies for parity on the big screen, that these films bomb heavily in America and Canada.

I would bet that Ghostbusters had been played in China in 2016, it would have done very well too. This also applies to "other" racially diverse films such as Coco, Pacific Rim: Uprising and Green Book . This does not mean that Chinese moviegoers (in general) are exceptionally progressive or deeply enjoy inclusive entertainment on the big screen. It simply means that these variables do not baffle Chinese viewers in any way.

China may not have flocked to Pacific Rim: Uprising precisely because it featured John Boyega, but certainly not fled (cue a beginning of $ 66 million weekend), as he starred Boyega instead of Scott Eastwood. Whether or not the Chinese public presses for multiplexes for Captain Marvel because, despite the fact that "it's a film of female superheroes", it certainly did not discourage anyone. Whatever it is, Hollywood will have to find another excuse to avoid parity.

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Captain Marvel fell into the devil Yesterday, with a total of 34.3 million dollars in China Friday (counting $ 2.46 million in Thursday's previews at midnight), it's the second-biggest opening day for a cartoon superhero movie in front of Venom ($ 34.2 million in 2018), Captain America: Civil War ($ 30.4 million in 2016), The Avengers: The Age of Ultron ($ 33 ​​million in 2015) Avengers: Infinity War ($ 71 million in 2018) To this day, Brie Larson's superhero movie is about as pretentious (in terms of large from midnight to Friday) that Captain America 3 .

If this continues (word of mouth is decent but not superlative), the film d The fictional Anna Boden / Ryan Fleck will end the weekend with a budget of $ 90 million. First weekend, or about what Wonder Woman ($ 90 million or 22% of its overseas total of $ 409 million) and Batman v Superman earned ($ 95 million) in total. If he succeeds, and he could very well, he has a chance to pbad the final totals of Justice League ($ 106 million) and Black Panther ($ 106 million) dollars) by the end of the month. Sunday night.

All this shows once again that the conventional wisdom about the type of film that foreign audiences will adopt or not continues to be totally wrong. Black Panther did about as well as most of the superhero movies in China at that time. Idem Wonder Woman who reported only $ 5 million less than Dawn of Justice . More importantly, the idea that the Chinese public is inclined to reject a fantasy of superheroes led by a woman is challenged not only by the Captain Marvel but by a crowd of & foule [[[19451945194519451945recentoffersfrommajorstudios

Think of Evil Resident: The Final Chapter ($ 159 million out of a total of $ 312 million), Ghost in the Shell ($ 29 million total ), Tomb Raider ($ 94 million its $ 275 million total) and Alita: Battle Angel (about $ 135 million on a probable total business figure $ 415 million). No, it did not magically transform these films into big hits, but they had a better reception in China than the so-called progressive / woke / etc. North American moviegoers. It is in North America, the place that supposedly dies for parity on the big screen, that these films bomb heavily in America and Canada.

I would bet that Ghostbusters had been played in China in 2016, it would have done very well too. This also applies to "other" racially diverse films such as Coco, Pacific Rim: Uprising and Green Book . This does not mean that Chinese moviegoers (in general) are exceptionally progressive or deeply enjoy inclusive entertainment on the big screen. It simply means that these variables do not destabilize Chinese viewers in any way.

China may not have flocked to Pacific Rim: Uprising precisely because she was playing the lead role with John Boyega, but certainly not fled (cue a beginning of $ 66 million weekend), as he starred Boyega instead of Scott Eastwood. Whether or not the Chinese public presses for multiplexes for Captain Marvel because, despite the fact that "it's a film of female superheroes", it certainly did not discourage anyone. Whatever it is, Hollywood will have to find another excuse to avoid gender parity.