'Wolf Warrior 2' smashes Chinese film records
- By Zhang Rui
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Military blockbuster "Wolf Warrior 2" is unstoppable in China, having broken a set of all-time box office records at surprising speed.
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A still of "Wolf Warrior 2" |
Action star Wu Jing's military action film "Wolf Warrior 2" has ignited huge enthusiasm among Chinese patriots and hard-core military fans -just as he did in 2015 with the first installment grossing 540 million yuan using a 10 million yuan budget at the box office.
"Wolf Warrior 2" cost 200 million yuan to make and was expected to perform well as a normal blockbuster considering the current lukewarm Chinese film market. It has to overcome strong pressure to compete against many summer blockbusters especially with the rival Chinese military epic "The Founding of an Army" with a star-studded cast and hyped up revolutionary heroes.
But things went crazy when the second installment opened on July 27, as it grossed more than 100 million yuan just hours into a weekday evening. It raked in 212 million yuan on Friday and continued to gross 310 million yuan on Saturday and 364 million on Sunday. The Sunday earning also stands as the biggest single day gross for any Chinese domestic film ever in history, breaking the record previously held by Tsui Hark's "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back."
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