![]() ![]() ![]() Local drama “ Sister” came in second with $9.77 million. ![]() Its story remains as current as it would have last year: in the film, Conan must solve the mystery of a disaster that strikes the venue where Japan is preparing to host the Summer Olympics, now delayed in real life until this July. The film is the 24th installment in the “Case Closed” franchise - adaptations of the eponymous manga series by Gosho Aoyama, which are very popular in China. In any event, the chaos of the “Lord of the Rings” distribution paved the way for “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” to shoot to the top.ĭirected by Chika Nagaoka and produced by Tokyo-based TMS Entertainment, the film grossed $16.8 million over its three-day opening - more than twice the earnings of “Godzilla” and more than four times those of “Fellowship.” “The Scarlet Bullet” hit China day-and-date with Japan, after being pushed back from its original release date last April due to COVID-19. The country’s film administration plans these re-releases of popular Hollywood classics to give slower box office periods an upward bump, but last-minute decisions like these dampen the effect of that boost. ![]() While “Avatar” accounted on average for 22% of total screenings nationwide each day of its first weekend, “Fellowship” accounted for less than 5% - highlighting the scale of the problem caused by its late approval.Ĭhinese authorities’ eleventh hour decision appears strangely self-defeating. “Fellowship” ended up coming in fifth with just $4.04 million - a far cry from the opening sales garnered James Cameron’s “Avatar” in its March 12 re-release, which hit $23.7 million including midnight screenings. ![]()
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