Weekly Box Office: “Life of Pi” Grosses $101 Million in 4 Days

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As expected, Director Ang Lee’s (李安) Life of Pi was the box office king. After 4 days in theaters, Life of Pi raked in $101.10 million RMB in China and $10.57 million HKD in Hong Kong.

In its first day of release, box office sales for Life of Pi were lukewarm, only pulling in $12 million RMB in China. As positive word-of-mouth for the film spread, ticket sales climbed to $70 million RMB by Saturday. The visually stunning Life of Pi has a limited 3D showing, likely sparking early crowds to see it in its full glory.

The 3D release of American disaster film, 2012, performed strongly in mainland theaters, earning $90.10 million RMB after 6 days in theaters.

Cold War <寒戰> experienced a 48 percent decline in mainland box office sales in its third week of release. The film earned weekly sales of $47.90 million RMB and a cumulative total of $230.90 million RMB in China. Similarly, Cold War declined in sales by 40 percent, to $8.13 million HKD in Hong Kong for the week ending November 25. Cumulative sales has passed $34.32 million HKD.

Life of Pi and Cold War’s box office will be challenged with the release of two major films, Feng Xiaogang’s (馮小剛) Back to 1942 <一九四二> and Lu Chuan’s (陸川) The Last Supper <王的盛宴>, on November 29.

Mainland China Box Office 
Week Ending November 25, 2012 
$ in millions RMB

Hong Kong Box Office 
Week Ending November 25, 2012
$ in millions HKD

Box Office figures from Sohu.com and HKFilmart.com

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