China Box Office: "Dying To Survive" Remains High, But "Skyscraper" Takes Weekend Crown | New

Dying To Survive made a hat trick as a weekly champion in the period from July 16 to 22, but lost the weekend to a new opening Skyscraper ]

The social drama, with Xu Zheng, grabbed first place overall in its third week, adding $ 61.7 million to $ 412.6 million after 18 days. It has risen a notch to become the fifth largest film of all time in China, surpassing Furious 8 . Now, all the first five films are local Chinese-language films, with Furious 8 in sixth place.

The opening of Skyscraper slowed the momentum of Dying To Survive which remained as the third-largest film of 2018. With more titles of blockbuster that are due out this week, it is unlikely to overtake Detective Chinatown 2 for second place, let alone Red Sea Operation

The Action Thriller of Universal Skyscraper finished the reign of Dying To Survive when it opened Friday and took the three-day weekend with $ 46.8m,

Dwayne & # 39; The Rock & # 39; Johnson is today one of the most bankable foreign actors in China, with Skyscraper as the third film released on the market this year. It opened about 28% more than Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and was almost at the same level as Rampage .

The Hidden Man of Jiang Wen fell to third with $ 30.9 million for $ 75.5 million after 10 days, exceeding 2014 Gone With The Bullets the second installment of Jiang's loose trilogy; in front of the English language animation Magical Circus: Animal Crackers on 3.7 million dollars from its first two days

The rest are mostly holdovers: local game adventure Animal World on $ 3.3 million for $ 72 million after 24 days; local family animation New Happy Dad And Son 3: Adventure in Russia on $ 3 million for $ 19.8 million after 17 days; Universal Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom on $ 2.7 million for $ 240.3 million after 38 days of an extended race; and Disney / Pixar The Incredibles 2 on $ 1.4 million for $ 49.9 million after 31 days

Two new releases complete the top 10: family comedy Show Dogs on $ 1.2M and Animation Gnomeo & Juliet 2: Sherlock Gnomes on $ 1M, both from their first three days

The competition will intensify again this week when two Chinese tentoles, Detective Dee: The Four Celestial Kings and Hello Mr. Billionaire hit the cinemas on July 27th.