Lucasfilm and Disney, producers of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” would be happy to know that among Chinese who watched the movie which opened last week, they gave it high ratings. The film got 7.5 out of 10 in Douban, a fan rating site.
Despite the presence of Chinese actors Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen in the movie, Chinese fans did not come in droves to watch “Rogue One.” As a result, it earned only $30.6 million box-office receipt for the first three days of showing, based on figures from Artisan Gateway, a consulting company.
Still Number 1 in China
Nevertheless, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” had the highest gross among the films that ran over the weekend. “Some Like It Hot,” a Chinese romantic comedy by New Classic Pictures starring Yan Ni and Xiao Shenyang, earned $28 million for 10 days of exhibition, or a total of $52.3 million, as number 2.
Since the Jackie-Chan starrer, “Railroad Tigers,” was on its third week of run, it came in third place with a gross of $15.9 million. But its total gross so far since the movie opened on Dec. 23 reached $87 million. It is the highest-grossing movie of director Ding Sheng.
U.S. Box Office Results
In the U.S., “Rogue One” earned $1.75 million on its first Monday since the yearend holidays. Compared to its Monday and Sunday box-office income, the movie’s earnings were down 89 percent and 73 percent, respectively. Nevertheless, the movie’s domestic box office in 25 days of showing has reached $479 million, indicating it could break by Friday the $486 million record set by “Finding Dory” which so far is the largest domestic release in 2016, Forbes reported.
Experts reckon the film would earn between $11 million and $13 million over the weekend which means by Sunday its domestic box-office would breach $500 million on its full month of exhibition.