“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” ($66 million) both surprised on the up side and featured in a strong summer for mainland Chinese theaters. There have been some bright spots for Hollywood in China this year. The firm also calculates that imported titles have managed to take only 16% of that, while Chinese local titles accounted for 84% as of Thursday. Those slender numbers make it easy to forget that China is the world’s second biggest theatrical market and has enjoyed over $7.2 billion of box office so far this year, according to consultancy Artisan Gateway. And “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” finished its second weekend with a 10-day cumulative of $7.7 million. Disney’s “Wish” opened with just $3.7 million in three days. If the film’s slow Friday start turns into box office defeat over the next few days, “Napoleon” will join a long list of Hollywood movies that have failed to advance far into hostile territory this year.Īmong current releases, “The Marvels” completed its third weekend in Chinese cinemas with just $15.5 million.

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