India's Aamir Khan remains a king of the Chinese box office.
The Bollywood actor's latest international hit, musical drama Secret Superstar, opened in first place with $27 million, outshining 20th Century Fox new release Ferdinand and Sony's Jumanji in its second weekend.
Khan's family sports drama Dangal set an all-time record for a non-Hollywood release in China last year, earning a historic $193 million.
Superstar won't reach those heights, but its predecessor's huge success gave Khan and his partners the leverage necessary to secure a revenue-sharing quota release with China Film Group, granting the producers a 25 percent slice of all...
The Bollywood actor's latest international hit, musical drama Secret Superstar, opened in first place with $27 million, outshining 20th Century Fox new release Ferdinand and Sony's Jumanji in its second weekend.
Khan's family sports drama Dangal set an all-time record for a non-Hollywood release in China last year, earning a historic $193 million.
Superstar won't reach those heights, but its predecessor's huge success gave Khan and his partners the leverage necessary to secure a revenue-sharing quota release with China Film Group, granting the producers a 25 percent slice of all...
- 1/22/2018
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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