![]() Nevertheless, its has earned a total of $197 million (RMB1.39 billion) in China so far, outstripping its $168 million U.S. It brought in just $4.56 million (RMB32.3 million) over the weekend, according to data from Maoyan. It is the second-highest-grossing film of all time in China.Ĭoming off its fourth weekend in theaters, “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” ranked sixth in sales by late Monday afternoon. The coming-of-age tale of a popular folk deity brought in $8.6 million, bringing its cume to a massive $690 million overall. And despite being in theaters for a whopping 53 days, Chinese animation “ Nezha” is still going strong, outstripping “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” for fifth place. “ The Legend of Hei” came in fourth, with $13.1 million, bringing its total earnings to $32.3 million. 1 National Day holiday, it appears that the name change was sufficient to appease censors.Ĭhinese animation continues to perform strongly. Although there had been speculation that the Huayi-invested film wouldn’t come out until after China’s Oct. It was subsequently revealed that there was trouble with its Chinese-language title, which initially made use of the word “weida,” or “great” – a term typically reserved only for describing important political matters or Communist Party leaders. ![]() It had previously been scheduled to come out earlier in the summer, but the production team announced that it was pulling the film for unspecified “production reasons” just two weeks before its July 18 release. In third place, Chinese comedy “The Last Wish,” brought in $21 million in its long-awaited debut. The franchise is familiar to Chinese viewers, who turned out for earlier installments last November ($18 million) and in 2016 ($4.4 million). Japanese anime title “Detective Conan: The Fist of the Blue Sapphire” took second in its opening weekend, bringing in $22.6 million. I don't know about others, as for me, I'm going to be looking forward for the second part if they are planning to make it.Starring Mandopop idol Sean Xiao Zhan, Li Qin (“The Founding of an Army”) and Rocket Girls 101 singer Meng Meiqi, “Jade Dynasty” is directed by Hong Kong’s Tony Ching Siu-tung, best known as an action choreographer for his work on films such as “Hero,” “House of Flying Daggers” and “Shaolin Soccer.” An adaptation of a popular novel that has previously been turned into a video game and TV series, the film tells the story of a young man who becomes a master martial artist and falls in love after his village is destroyed. ![]() Even if it isn't your taste, I think at least, it's going to be worth a watch. But what I can tell you is that the plot of this film is not that bad, the acting is quite good and the special effects used are fine. All in all, I rarely watch around 2 hours run-time Chinese films. So, even it's not that serious, but it's still watchable and I enjoyed it a lot. That being said, comedy is sometimes necessary. But as for the one who loves to watch more serious films, I'd say this one is not that much serious. I thought the film was going to be serious. Furthermore, they didn't explain who killed Zhang Xiaofan's the whole villagers. And also, when the film's finished, I found some of the facts are missing and I feel like it's not complete one. I wonder how and why did they give such an English title? Talking about title, the title says Zhu Xian 1. In the other words, those two titles are completely opposite. "Jade Dynasty" doesn't have anything to do with the word "Zhu Xian". The only thing I don't understand is the English title. That being said, there is something not smooth that can be seen in the special effects. The story is quite good and the special effects are good too. Jade Dynasty (Chinese: ), also known as Jade Dynasty 1 and Zhu Xian, is a 2019 Chinese fantasy action film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Xiao. But when the film reached the middle, I found out that it wasn't that bad. I only watched it because it has Xiao Zhan. Before I watched, I didn't have that much high hope. After I watched Chen Qing Ling (The Untamed), I found that Xiao Zhan was also in this film, so, I've been waiting a long time for this one to come out.
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