briefly opened at the top of China's box office during the first half of Friday, but its ticket sales quickly plummeted as negative reviews and harsh word of mouth began to course through local social media. It earned $11 million on Friday, but crashed to $3 million on Saturday and $1.7 million on Sunday, finishing in fourth place for the weekend with $15.4 million, including previews. Meanwhile, local animation hitadded $66.
’ director, Teng Huatao, responded to the flameout with a heartfelt apology posted to social media. "In the past, there were members of the audience who didn’t like my movies. But their criticism was always aimed at the movies [themselves]. But today I saw that some internet users are saying, 'closed it'," Teng wrote.
"I am very sadden," he went on. "This showed not only their dissatisfaction with the movie, but that their hopes for Chinese sci-fi were dashed. As the director, I have ultimate responsibility for this. I am very sorry."was Teng's first attempt at the sci-fi genre. He is best known for his romantic films, like
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