While stateside, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is currently the talk of the town, after earning $155 million domestically in its opening weekend, overseas in China the box office crown belongs to Legendary Entertainment’s monster movie The Great Wall. Starring Matt Damon and one of the largest Chinese casts ever assembled, the film directed by Oscar-nominee Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers, Hero) has earned China’s fourth-biggest debut of the year, only behind local Chinese hit The Mermaid, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War and Legendary’s Warcraft.

China itself has been the second-largest market in the world for box office receipts since 2012, reaching a record of $6.78 billion last year, and the country is …

Click to continue reading The Great Wall Stands Tall With a $67.4 Million Chinese Debut