In second place is MaoyansDetective Chinatown 1900, the fourth in Chen Sichengs $1.3B+ grossing franchise.
It held the No.
2 spot throughout the weekend and sleuthed its way to RMB 1.82B ($251M) through Sunday.
FUYANG, CHINA - JANUARY 29: A young moviegoer walks by posters of films ‘Detective Chinatown 1900’ and ‘Ne Zha 2’ at a cinema during the Spring Festival holiday on January 29, 2025 in Fuyang, Anhui Province of China.VCG via Getty Images
Imaxs portion was $2.6M.
BehindDC4, AlibabasCreation of the Gods II: Demon Forcelanded at No.
3 with RMB 895.3M ($123.5M).
Imax picked up $7.3M of that.
(Well Go USA released the Wuershan sequel to $1.3M domestically this session.)
This is good news for China after awoeful 2024that saw a roughly 25% full-year slide versus 2023.
