The Chinese sci-fi movie “Moon Man” outshined all others at the global box office over the weekend.

The film grossed $129 million over the weekend, according to Comscore, and that’s only from the Chinese market. DC’s animated movie “League of Super Pets,” which follows the adventures of Superman’s dog, lagged behind at $41 million internationally.

“Moon Man” follows the story of an astronaut stranded on the moon who believes he’s the last human alive after witnessing an asteroid crashing into Earth.

The film is directed by Zhang Chiyu (“Never Say Die”) and produced by the studio Mahua FunAge (“Hello Mrs Money”).

Before its premiere on July 29, “Moon Man” had over 1.4 million fans rating the movie as “want to see” on Chinese film tracking platforms. It has since gone on to score a 9.4 and 9.5 out of 10 on film sites Maoyan and Taopiaopiao, respectively, according to Variety.

Although China’s total movie ticket revenue has dropped by 33 percent, the film reportedly earned $6.4 in Imax theaters, making it the largest three-day opening weekend of an Imax China film since September 2019.

We are very encouraged by the stellar opening of ‘Moon Man,’ which offers a clear sign that audiences are eager to return to theaters for the IMAX Experience,” said CEO of IMAX China Edwin Tan. “‘Moon Man’ marks a critical milestone in the recovery of the film industry this year as well as a major step forward in the production of Chinese sci-fi blockbusters.”

Although China surpassed North America to become the largest box office in the world in 2020 after U.S. theaters suffered shutdowns for most of 2020, its film industry similarly suffered this year in comparison to 2021 due to the country’s own pandemic restrictions and lockdowns.

With local projections estimating the film to earn over $640 million before exiting the Chinese market, “Moon Man” is on pace to become the country’s sixth-largest film of all time, giving its film industry the boost it needs. However, with massively successful blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick,” which has grossed $1.3 billion without being released in China, the North American box office has the potential to surpass China and retake its spot as the biggest in the world.

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about the guy hodl to the moon?

thank you china movie market

with the gigantic china movie market, hollywoord have to put in asian representation in hollywood

Story looks like something coming out from a Japanese manga

ingat "The Martian"

It always has been large. Many times always mention opening in China. But at same time also hear not available in China.

Got meet Moon girl or not?

thank to china movie market

hollywood looking to make asian characters cool instead as the comedic relief

does not matter if u put bliions of tongsan in hollywood bollywood jiaojiaowood

2' will always be 2' when compared to angmo 12'

kek

If you are talking about VFX, many countries already have people working on USA projects and learn a lot from it. If you look at India movies that relies heavily on VFX, they are already on par with Hollywood standards. China also same. I can't say the same about story telling though. So far the 2 biggest movies is centered around earth and space. Remember Wandering Earth? Now this. And most of the other stuff are centered around the 3 kingdoms or Journey to the West lore.

The only country good at story telling now is Korea.

i say hollywood movie

like this make asian cool

korean copy lot of hollywood/west style
still cant fight with tamil grit and realistic movie

ts come again back to me if chinese movie reach 1.4 billions revenue as china over populated human also 1.4 billions

Messiahword is da true moon man

Have to dilute content for your market. Everything has to be inclusive even if not needed for the story.

just write better stories

Is this an official live action adaption of the webcomic or are they stealing other ppl's works? Bloody hell even the kangaroo is in the movie.

https://www.webtoons.com/en/sf/moonyou/list?title_no=1340

Yes, it is an adaptation of South Korean illustrator Cho Seok’s popular comic series Moon You

I dont really read web comic but this series has everything.

It was funny, serious, thrill and sad

recommended for everyone to read it