In its Tomb Sweeping Festival holiday debut, the reportedly $4.6 million-budgeted latter film directed by unknown helmer Yin Ruoxin muscled past the $160 million-budgeted Legendary and Warner Bros. juggernaut by more than $9 million.this weekend, according to data from Maoyan, bringing its cume up to $137 million, having opened five days earlier in China than the U.S.
The MonsterVerse franchise film’s defeat is the latest indication that well-told, impassioned “realist” stories seeking to depict real-life dilemmas can have a greater runaway appeal to Chinese audiences than flashy, big-budget spectacles with less of an emotional core. Earlier this year, the more modest tear-jerker “Hi, Mom” upset the big-budget comedy “Detective Chinatown 3” in a similarly unexpected fashion.
Director Yin pairs up with Zhang again in the upcoming youth romance “Farewell, My Lad,” which will actually be competing with “Sister” due to an April 16 theatrical release. The success of the latter will likely give the “Farewell” a boost. Yin has only directed these two titles.
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