China Box Office: Youth Romance 'My Love' Beats Zhang Yimou's 'Cliff Walkers' During Holiday Weekend

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Zhang Yimou's spy thriller Cliff Walkers was the best-reviewed new release to open over China's lucrative May Day holiday weekend.

A slew of Chinese titles released to capitalize on the May Day holiday, but a poorly reviewed romantic drama beat them all.was the best reviewed new release to open over China's lucrative May Day holiday weekend, but it was far from the biggest earner., from Beijing Enlight Pictures, overcame withering reviews to dominate the start of the long holiday frame, earning $65.1 million from Friday to Sunday.landed second with $38.

The film is Zhang's first attempt at the spy genre, taking place in the snowy, shadowy world of 1930s Manchukuo, the puppet state set up in northern China by pre-World War II imperial Japan. Starring Zhang Yi , Qin Hailu and Zhu Yawen , the film follows four Communist party special agents who have returned to China after receiving special training in the Soviet Union. Together, they embark on a secret mission code-named"Utrennya.

, co-directed by Wong Jing and Woody Hui and starring Hong Kong mainstays Louis Koo and Tony Leung, brought in $13.8 million, while, which dramatizes China's anti-organized police force, made a $7.3 million start. China's 2021 box-office total, so far, is 12.3 percent lower than the equivalent first five months of 2019, the last year of earnings that were unaffected by the pandemic.

 

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