Pacific Rim is Bigger than The Dark Knight Rises (in China)
Pacific Rim Smash! (in China)
August 4, 2013
by Lucy O'Brien
Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic Pacific Rim took in $45.2 million at the Chinese box office this past weekend, scoring Warner Bros' its biggest ever box office opening in the territory.
As The Wrap reports, it's a stronger debut than The Dark Knight Rises' $32 million opening in China last year, and brings Pacific Rim's international total to a healthy $200.4 million. International success remains crucial for the film considering its weak box office performance in the United States; at only $93 million domestically after four weeks, it's still unclear if the film will break even considering its $200 million (approx) production budget and additional marketing spend.
****in A, that makes me happy
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Pacific Rim was always expected to do great business in Asia, but few expected it to do this well: the movie opened to an incredible $45.2 million in its first five days in China, which is Warner Bros. biggest opening ever. Overall, the movie took in $53 million this weekend, and its overseas total is now just over $200 million. With Spain, Brazil and (most notably) Japan opening Friday, Pacific Rim should have no problem getting to $300 million by the end of its run.
this is pathetic and as a fan of art and films this makes me feel disgusted by this place.
Seriously, The entire world knows how awesome this movie was,
But in here we are too busy laughing at Adam Sandler getting peed on his face by a deer....
Thank God at least other countries are not as ******** as the US is being right now...
Excellent news!! I was off the grid for a while this weekend!
But I am really happy that people around the world appreciate this amazing movie!
Wait til it opens in Japan and Spain... I predict another 40 million from those guys easily!!
I need the bluray extended edition asap.
I can't sleep without it.
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