‘Avatar 2’ climbs to $189 million as Lunar New Year approaches – The Hollywood Reporter
by James Cameron Avatar: The Road of Water has continued to make solid gains at the Chinese box office, even in the face of a catastrophic wave of COVID-19 infections. The Disney blockbuster added $16.5 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its total to $189.4 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
After some major changes in the early forecast, China’s leading ticketing app Maoyan is now slated to avatar 2 up to $222 million (1.51 billion yuan). That’s the highest of any pandemic-era Hollywood movie (Universal’s Jurassic World: Dominion comes in second with $157.6 million), as well as an improvement from $202 million for The first part. Avatar films earned in China since 2009.
But the impact of the ongoing Covid outbreak on sequel earnings is all too clear when you consider that China has 10 times as many cinemas today as it did in 2009, and that’s it. avatar 2 It was extremely well received by the Chinese audience who watched the film (the film’s social score on Maoyan and Tiapiaopiao reached a high 9.1/10).
avatar 2 there will be another unmatched weekend in Chinese cinemas before a series of domestic blockbusters debut around the Lunar New Year, opening on January 22. The most anticipated of them all is certainly is Frank Guo Wandering Earth 2sequel to China’s first sci-fi blockbuster, which made $700 million in 2019. Other contenders include Bona Film Group’s World War II spy movie hidden blade, starring Tony Leung Trieu Vy and Vuong Nhat Bo; sports drama Chinese table tennisdirected and starred by Dang Sieu; The Whole Red River, a period mystery by legendary director Zhang Yimou; and the newest part in a long time Bonnie bear family animated franchise, among others.
