‘Line Walker’ thriller leads box office in a crowded field
BEIJING: Line Walker, the big- screen adaptation of a TVB detective series, is the fifth Chinese language movie in six weeks to head the box office in China.
Its modest score and the mediocre per screen averages suggest that nothing on offer currently boasts a ‘ must see’ factor.
Produced by Shaw Brothers, TVB, Media Asia and Chinese partners, the film opened on Aug 11, a day ahead of a chasing pack of other films opening on Friday. That meant it ate into the screens of previous winner Time Raiders and was able to bank US$ 8.56 million ahead of the Friday to Sunday weekend. It went on to win all three subsequent days scoring US$ 26.9 million over the weekend and US$ 35.8 million ( RM137 million) after four days.
Placed second was the romance movie Love O2O starring Angelababy and Jing Boran, which managed 118.1 million yuan ( RM72.8 million) in three days.
Hong Kong-made martial arts actioner Call of Heros with Lau Ching-wan, Eddie Peng and Louis Koo (who also appears in Line Walker) claimed third place with US$ 13.4 million. It opened with US$ 5.08 but it weakened on Saturday and Sunday.
Time Raiders earned US$ 13.2
Its modest score and the mediocre per screen averages suggest that nothing on offer currently boasts a ‘must see’ factor.
million in its second weekend, taking fourth place on Friday and third on Saturday and Sunday. That is a big 80 per cent drop from its opening weekend, but puts it on a tasty US$ 127 million cumulative after 10 days, including previews.
The only visibly Hollywood film in the chart, The Secret Life of Pets earned US$ 6.59 million in fifth place. That extends its total to US$ 48.9 million after 13 days.
Hong Kong romantic comedy I Love That Crazy Little Thing was another new opener. It debuted in sixth place with US$ 2.56 million.