"Cold War II” in its second week narrowly held off “When Larry Met Mary” at the top of a Chinese box office in which local titles took the first six places.
Hong Kong-set crime thriller, “Cold War II” scored $15.6 million over the weekend, lifting its 10 day cumulative to $85.3 million, according to data from Ent Group. It held top place on Saturday and Sunday but was beaten on Friday by romance “Larry.”
"Larry,” produced by Hong Kong’s Peter Chan, scored $15.6 million in its opening three days. Its per screen averages were weaker than “Cold War” on each outing and it slipped to third place on Sunday behind animation “Big Fish and Begonia.”
"Big Fish” earned $14 million over the weekend and pushed it to $68.4 million over 10 days. That makes it one of the best performing Chinese animation films of all time.
Horror thriller “Tik Tok” opened in fourth place with $7.82 million. That put it ahead of youth romance “Never Gone” in its second week. It scored $6.19 million, for a 10 day score of $45.7 million. Another opener, the comedy actioner “For A Few Bullets” took sixth place and $6.08 million.
Top foreign film was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” in seventh place with a weekend score of $2.33 million. After 16 days is has a cumulative score of $57.5 million.
Chinese-Russian animation film “Sun Duck” claimed eighth place with an opening score of $2.26 million. “Now You See Me 2” earned $870,000 for ninth place. After 24 days it has a $95.4. (Lionsgate’s own figures put it at $96.5 million.)
Tenth was Chinese-U.S. animation “Rock Dog” managing $570,000 over the weekend and advancing its 10 day total to $5.74 million.
The local domination is likely to be broken with the release today (Monday, July 18) of “The Legend of Tarzan.”