Road trip comedy 'Breakup Buddies' tops holiday box office
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Domestic movies have dominated the Chinese box office during the week-long National Day holiday, with 13 new releases hitting the big screen. Director Ning Hao's raunchy road trip comedy 'Breakup Buddies' has raced ahead, taking in nearly 100 million dollars.
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It's a tale of a recently divorced man and his best friend, who set off on a series of misadventures. And it has been shown on nearly 40 percent of all screens in China, with an opening weekend take of $38 million dollars.
Breakup Buddies reunites actors Xu Zheng and Huang Bo in their first movie together since megahit Lost in Thailand, which grossed nearly $200 million in China in 2012.
In second place is cop actioner Black & White: The Dawn of Justice, with 20 million dollars. The second instalment in Taiwan-based director Tsai Yueh-Hsun's action franchise also stars Huang Bo. The actor is again featured in Hong Kong director Peter Chan's Dearest, a child kidnapping drama based on a true story. The film finishes in third place for the holiday season.
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With the schools on holiday, it was a big week for cartoons. In fourth place is the sci-fi animated feature Armor Hero Atlas, followed in fifth place by the latest episode in the McDull animated pig franchise, which notched up nearly 4.5 million dollars.
Behind that is Hong Kong director Ann Hui's historical epic The Golden Era, which features Tang Wei and is set against the backdrop of 1930s China.
There are more domestic heavy hitters still to come. A big contender coming up is Jiang Wen's 3D epic Gone With the Bullets, due to open in early December.
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