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"Venom" made a spectacular second weekend of $ 87 million at the Chinese box office. It was almost double the opening score of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" in the Middle Kingdom.
According to data excluding online sales charges, provided by the Asian consultant of the theatrical sector Artisan Gateway, "Venom" reached $ 87.2 million, a fall of only 14%. His 10-day cumulative score is $ 187 million.
This figure is claimed to be the second highest weekend ever recorded in China by a superhero movie. The cumulative and the momentum of the film mean that the "Venom" window in China is about to exceed the performance of the film of $ 210 million in North America.
In comparison, "Grindelwald" managed only 34.8 million dollars, opening in second place. Some $ 4.5 million of this amount came from performance at 557 IMAX sites.
The figures are significantly lower than those of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them". It was released in China in 2016, with a first weekend of $ 40.8 million, and then accumulated $ 86.0 million.
"Venom" and "Grindelwald" showed similar performances around Friday, while "Grindelwald" recorded an increase in the number of screenings, about 125,000 performances, against about 105,000 for "Venom". as a backup.
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The total box office revenue for all films released this weekend is $ 146 million, according to Artisan Gateway. This gives a net total of $ 7.45 billion since the beginning of the year, which represents an increase of 9.7% over 2017.
The third place this weekend is the new Chinese publication "Cool Fish", which totaled $ 8.9 million. "Detective Conan: Zero The Enforcer", of Japan, took fourth place with $ 5.1 million on his second weekend. After 10 days of publication, the cumulative amount is $ 15.8 million.
The Chinese film "Last Letter", a romance starring Zhou Xun, dropped from fourth to fifth, but held up well. He earned $ 4.5 million in his second weekend, down 17% from the original $ 5.4 million.
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