War Film ‘The Sacrifice’ Raked in 350 Million Yuan on Debut Weekend, Leading Chinese Box Office
Chinese war film “The Sacrifice” has notched up over 300 million yuan ($44.8 million) in China’s box office as of Sunday afternoon, according to the Chinese ticket tracker Maoyan. The movie got off to a good start on its debut day on Friday, raking over 100 million yuan, and scored a 9.4 out of 10 on Maoyan. Before its release, the movie had already been much anticipated as it’s co-directed by three renowned filmmakers: Guan Hu, who directed this year’s top blockbuster “The Eight Hundred,” Guo Fan, whose 2019 sci-fi film “The Wandering Earth” which made the list of top-grossing movies in the history of the Chinese box office, as well as Lu Yang known for Chinese martial arts (wuxia) film “Brotherhood of Blades.” Read more 1905.com
iQIYI’s ‘The Bad Kids’ Wins ‘Best Creative’ and ‘Newcomer Actor’ Awards at Busan Film Festival’s Asia Contents Awards
Chinese streaming firm iQiyi’s summer hit “The Bad Kids” just took home the “Best Creative” award at the 2nd Asia Contents Awards. Hosted by Busan International Film Festival, the Asia Contents Awards is an international film and television award dedicated to the outstanding Asian content from TV, OTT and other diverse platforms that have been released in the past year from 14 Asian countries. “The Bad Kids” is a suspense drama produced and released by iQiyi. The series has scored a 9.2 out of 10 high score on China’s most discerning film review website Douban. It is the first series released in iQiyi’s widely acclaimed “Mist Theater”—a content library dedicated to iQIYI’s original suspense dramas. Read more cnfol.com
