Zhang Ziyi’s highly anticipated return to the big screen with the period drama “She’s Got No Name” powered its way to the top of the China box office over the June 20–22 weekend, opening with RMB173.8 million ($24.1 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway.
The film, which reunites Zhang with acclaimed director Peter Chan Ho-sun, marks one of the strongest local debuts of the summer season so far. Imax accounted for $2.6 million of the China box office from 690 screens.
Based on one of China’s most famous unsolved murder cases, the film centers on Zhan-Zhou (Zhang Ziyi), a wife charged with the bloody dismemberment of her husband during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1940s – a killing that seems impossible for her to have committed alone. The murder thrusts Zhan-Zhou into the spotlight and the court of public opinion, forcing her towards a fate intertwined with that of her own country. The story follows the case from Japanese-occupied Shanghai through the Kuomintang Nationalist government victory and into the People’s Republic, ending in 1993 though the accused murderer lived until 2006.
The film opened the Shanghai International Film Festival, following which it had a platform release across the city before the country-wide opening. It has a running total of $26.9 million.
Universal’s “How to Train Your Dragon” continued to perform well in its second weekend, and was in second place with $7.4 million. The live-action remake has now grossed $23.1 million since its June 13 release.
Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” was third with $2.5 million. After four weekends, the Tom Cruise-led action sequel has earned a cumulative $60.6 million in China.
Taopiaopiao’s Chinese romantic comedy “Love List” followed with $2.4 million in fourth place, raising its total to $6.6 million. Rounding out the top five was the animated fantasy “Endless Journey of Love,” which brought in $1.4 million for a $24.2 million cume.
Total nationwide box office revenue for the weekend reached $43.3 million, helping push China’s year-to-date total to $3.975 billion, which is now tracking 24.2% ahead of 2024.
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