The most expensive film in China suffered an epic failure

The most expensive film of all time, with 113.5 million. Dollar (96.8 million euros), suffered an epic scale failure and was canceled from the cinema as early as the first weekend of the show, having earned only 7.3 million.

Alibaba Pictures, a fantastic, feature-rich film, Asura, was to be the first episode of the epic trilogy inspired by Tibetan Buddhist mythology and the country's government to promote works with elements of traditional Chinese culture.

The film withdrew 750 million. yuan (96.8 million euros), reported the state media. It was launched Friday, but Maoyan's ticket platform announced that the group had only earned 6.2 million over the weekend.

Sunday, in an official movie account in one of the social networks, a statement was made that, from 22:00 that day.

"We apologize to all those who wanted to see it but will no longer have this opportunity," the statement said.

Most of China's biggest blockbusters were built with half of Asurai's budget.

Estimate 106 mln. The loss of dollars (90.4 million euros) would mean that it is the fifth biggest failure of any history of world cinema. The biggest failure is 125 million. Box Office Mojo reports

the Chinese state media before the release of Asuras, according to the Sinbad: The Seven Seas of Seven (112.7 million dollars). love the movie. Yang Hongtao, one of the sponsors of the Ningxia Film Group, told China Daily: "It's a very scenic film, we wanted it to build confidence in our own culture and further educate the talent of the country. "

For six years in a movie, there are 2.4 thousand. The scenes with special effects, although it lasted 141 minutes, were highlighted by the newspaper.

Popular Hong Kong actors Tony Leung Ka-fai (Tony Leung Kafay) and Carina Lau (Karina Lau) are featured in the film. Oscars winner Ngila Dickson (Ngila Dikson), who created the costumes for the franchise "Lord of the Rings".

However, the band received only 3.1 points in the most influential comment platform of Chinese users "Douban". "Oh my god, it's terrible!