'Furious 7' smashes Chinese box office records
- By Zhang Rui
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The car-racing action movie "Furious 7" has smashed all opening records at the box office in China in a single day with a stunning US$66.04 million debut, according to Chinese tracking agencies.
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IMAX China CEO Chen Jiande speaks at the "Furious 7" China premiere in Beijing on April 12, 2015. [China.org.cn] |
The film, directed by James Wan -- an Australian film director of Malaysian Chinese descent -- , opened at midnight on Saturday (0:00 a.m Sunday) in China, and first set new and highest midnight box office record ever in China by raking in 50.94 million yuan (US$8.2 million), Douban.com reported.
The previous record holder was "Transformers: Age of Extinction" by Michael Bay, which took 21 million yuan (US$3.38 million) from midnight showings in China in 2014. But "Furious 7" has made more than double that.
As Sunday dawned, the box office went even crazier and all the Chinese theaters were packed with people. The initial box office estimate on Sunday night for the film was 410 million yuan (US$66.04 million), breaking the opening day record and single day record in the Chinese film history, as the previous record holder was "Transformers 4" again which once made 223 million yuan (US$35.92 million) on a Saturday.
"Transformers: Age of Extinction," the highest grossing film ever in China eventually settled with 1.98 billion yuan (US$318.9 million) in China. Industry insiders predicted "Furious 7" might also break that total gross record if the trend continues.
IMAX Corporation and Wanda Cinema also held a Beijing CBD premiere at Wanda Plaza for the IMAX version of "Furious 7," borrowing six top race cars from Lucky Seven Club and other Chinese race car owners, which have appeared in the film, including a McLaren 12C, Aston Martin Vantage, Ferrari 458 Italia, Maserati Ghibli, Audi R8 and Nissan GT-R R35.
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