![]() Some industry observers expected the film to add a much needed boost to box office that has failed to record a robust recovery during the just passed Mid-Autumn break, with many moviegoers expressing their excitement at seeing the depiction of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), a topic which has not received a lot of attention across domestic film and television. ![]() ![]() The patriotic (but, I would argue, not quite nationalistic or terribly jingoistic) war flicks are directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, a murder’s row of offscreen talent, and they both star Wu Jing (of The Wandering Earth and Wolf Warrior II) and Jackson Yee (from Better Days).The highly anticipated epic film "Changjin Hu (The Battle at Lake Changjin)" launched its special early screening in 34 Chinese cities on Saturday ahead of its formal release on September 30 before the seven-day National Day holidays. The former is the second installment in the two-part, shot on IMAX, $200 million Korean War duology. The two biggies of a crowded frame remain The Battle at Lake Changjin II with $52.2 million (bringing its cume to $352 million in just four days) and Too Cool to Kill with $38.7 million (for a $184 million four-day total thus far). In box office news that isn’t related to Jackass Forever ($9.6 million domestic) or Moonfall ($3.4 million domestic), China’s New Year’s week continued to pack them in. China is celebrating their 72nd National Day and a week-long holiday known as the "Golden Week". In three days after its release, the film grossed more than 1 billion yuan. WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 2: (CHINA OUT) Cinema employees sell Haagen-Dazs ice cream as the movie poster of “The Battle At Lake Changjin" is seen in a cinema on Octoin Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
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