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The movie sets the highest opening day box office record in China this year, according to the newspaper.
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Promotional posters for the new film, "The Forbidden Kingdom." Martial arts adventure "The Forbidden Kingdom" raked in 16 million yuan (2.3 million U.S. dollars) in Chinese mainland within 24 hours after its Thursday debut |
China's two major box office blockbusters this year, the military drama "Assembly" directed by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, and the war epic "Warlords" by Hong Kong director Peter Chan raked in 15 million yuan and 10 million yuan respectively on their first day of release.
A record 1,228 copies of "The Forbidden Kingdom" -- 683 film copies and 545 digital copies -- were ordered for its mainland screening.
"It is reasonable to assume box office income will top 100 million in first week," said Wu Hehu, vice president of the Shanghai United Cinema Line, which operates a chain of cinemas around China.
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(From L -R) Jet Li, Jet Li's daughter Jane, Jackie Chan, Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing pose during the premiere of "The Forbidden Kingdom" in Chaoyang Park in Beijing, April 16, 2008. |
The kung fu adventure also brought in 1.03 million HK dollars in its first day public release in Hong Kong on the same day, while the Happy Funeral, a local-made light comedy ranking No.2 inbox office income in Hong Kong on Thursday, brought in only 270,000 HK dollars.