China box office: War epic TheEightHundred topped Tenet this weekend and continues its march towards $300 million
's second-weekend single country results highlighted just how fully China's theatrical market has staged a comeback — and how inconsistently other international territories continue to perform as filmgoers remain wary about returning to theaters amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly all of China's approximately 70,000 movie screens are back in operation, although public health officials are maintaining a 50 percent limit on seating capacity for each screening. It was rare for cinemas to exceed 50 percent capacity prior to the pandemic, though, so exhibitors expect the social distancing measures to have a limited impact on earnings potential.has brought in $276.8 million over the past 10 days, according to local box office tracker Artisan Gateway.
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