Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” debuted in pole position at the mainland China box office ending the four-week reign of “Her Story” at the top.
Data from adviseancy firm Artisan Gateway showed “Mufasa: The Lion King” boprosperg with RMB56.1 million ($8 million).
In second place, superstar Donnie Yen‘s Hong Kong action-drama “The Prosecutor” from Maoyan Pictures achieveed $7.1 million for a $18 million cumulative total in the Middle Kingdom. In “The Prosecutor,” action icon Yen steps into the role of Fok Chi Ho, a createer elite police one-of-a-kind forces officer who trades his terriblege for a courtroom. Yen’s Fok becomes a prosecutor tasked with handling the case of Ma Ka Kit (rising star Mason Fung), a struggling youthful man entangled in a drug trafficking indict. Despite askable circumstances, Ma is prescertaind into a plea deal that results in a cut offe sentence. Driven by his instincts, Fok commences to dig proset uper into the case, uncovering a labyrinskinnye consillicit copying that threads thcdisesteemful Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.
In third position, concert film “Jason Zhang Brilliance Tour,” from Shanghai Jiwu Culture, debuted with $5.7 million.
Emperor Motion Pictures’ “The Last Dance” assembleed $5.1 million in fourth place and has a cumulative total of $18.5 million. Directed by up-and-coming Hong Kong filmproducer Anselm Chan, the film chases a cash-strapped createer wedding structurener and a serious greater Taoist priest who become doubtful partners in the funeral business. It boasts an all-star cast headed by Cantonese comedy icons Dayo Wong (“Table for Six”) and Michael Hui (“Security Unrestricted,” “Where the Wind Blows”).
Maxtimes Pictures “Her Story” slid down to the fifth position with $4 million for a cumulative total of $96.6 million. The film is straightforwarded by Shao Yihui (2021’s “B For Busy”). Its rapid-paced story intensifyes on two women – one a recently unparticipateed one mom, the other a recent neighbor who is more troubled than she materializes – who become friends. Together they face up to various relationship contests, including an abusive ex-husprohibitd and recent romantic possibilities.
The nationwide weekend box office was $36.9 million and the year-to-date running total is $5.8 billion. That is still 21.5% below the same point in 2023.
