First, this epic movie threatened to break the 1st day box-office record of ‘Furious 7’ in China with a $46 million receipt. In less than two weeks, "Warcraft" has high chances of breaching another box-office receipt records in the Asian giant.
At risk of losing its crown as the top-grossing imported movie of 2016 in China is “Zootopia” after Legendary Pictures’ video game-inspired film grossed more than $200 million in 12 days of exhibition. It is just $28.63 million away from “Zootopia’s’ record of $235.4 million, reported LA Times.
Since its June 8 release, “Warcraft” has taken in $206.77 million to date, almost four times the $48.7 million first week box-office receipts. Globally, the movie has earned, so far, $377 million, which means Chinese movie fans accounted for 55 percent of the film’s earnings.
In second place is Pixar’s “Finding Dory” with $18.2 million box-office in three days, followed by “X-Men Apocalypse,” with $15.7 million. The fourth and fifth placers are “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” $58.7 million, and “Warrior vs. Dragon,” $1.5 million.
However, in the U.S., “Warcraft” suffered a 73 percent drop in box-office receipts on its second weekend, according to Forbes. Although it earned only $37 million in North America, with China’s box-office, Russia’s $21.9 million and IMAX’s $44 million, the film is still the biggest video game movie ever made. But its U.S. gross pales in comparison to “Tomb Raider’s” $131 million and “Prince of Persia’s” $336 million.