Detective Chinatown 3 Smashed Avengers: Endgame Record for Biggest Opening Weekend in a Market

Detective Chinatown 3 had an amazing opening weekend in China with ticket sales estimated at $ 393 million, a figure that not only exceeds Avengers: Endgame’s North American opening of $ 357 million, but setting a record for a single market. THR and The founder of BoxOfficeGuru.com, Gitesh Pandya, Detective Chinatown 3 led the Chinese box office during the Lunar New Year alongside the $ 160 million earned by time travel romantic comedy Hi, Mom.

These early projections were given by the Maoyan ticketing app and show that, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the box office in Chinese theaters appears healthy and booming. It is also important to note that Detective Chinatown 3 was one of the many films delayed due to the pandemic.

Maoyan also predicts Detective Chinatown 3 will wrap up its run at $ 865 million, earning it the title of China’s second-biggest blockbuster film to date, slightly missing to dethrone Wolf Warrior’s $ 874 million in 2017. .

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Hi, Mum might have ended up being one of the reasons Detective Chinatown 3 will fail to outdo Wolf Warrior 2, as “word of mouth for comedy got lukewarm” and Hi, Mum saw its share of daily earnings dropped from 17.2% Friday to 31% Sunday, while Detective Chinatown 3 fell from 60% to 50%.

Detective Chinatown 3 was shot entirely on IMAX cameras and grossed $ 23.5 million in Chinese IMAX theaters, making it the biggest opening weekend ever for a Chinese IMAX movie.