China Box Office: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ Crosses $300 Million

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1. Elinrossi: I'll believe they have legs when their domestic spending figures match that box office haul
2. Noah: remarkably steady performance, would've loved to see more context on its marketing strategy though
3. Fathom Mantis: fourth weekend? didn't peg this thing for the legs it's got
4. Brunov: surprised they're still going strong, not exactly sure what's behind this one though
5. Adeyeminoel: can't say I'm surprised by its longevity, but still has to be impressive for a war drama in the current climate
6. Noahcosta: that's some remarkable consistency at the chinese box office. have they been promoting their war movies well?
7. Echo Pulse: unconventional war movies never really do well globally anyway
8. Silent Rune: four weekends straight is still pretty impressive 💸
9. Mayae: isn't that interesting considering the US doesn't exactly have a great track record with war movies in China?
10. Sanalarsen: still can't believe China is eating up that war drama, what's its message supposed to be anyway?
11. Halcyon Wolf: I was expecting something else to give Trump a headache this weekend, but I guess his ban on Bombardier planes isn't going so well
12. Diazlucas: seems like a solid week for Chinese films. what's their formula for retaining top spot?
13. Meyerivy: pretty crazy to think people are still going to see that movie 4 weeks in a row
14. Theo: still shocked it's doing that well over here
15. Leo: i'm surprised it took a week to pass the 300m mark for this one but i guess chinese audiences are really digging it
16. Iris: seems to be a case of slow and steady winning the race - this film's endurance at the top spot is impressive
17. Rubyfalkxo: Chinese war movies are still a thing and I'm all for it, but isn't this kinda like reenacting colonialism on screen?
18. Cobalt Warden: I'm surprised it's taken this long for Variety to mention that Middle Eastern influences are actually a pretty standard thing in Chinese cinema now
19. Noelvasquez: nice to see some Chinese interest in a war comedy outside of historical epics, but how's the global box office faring beyond China?
20. Noraellis: seems like this war comedy-drama is really gaining momentum internationally, too - wonder if they'll release a subtitled version here?
21. Static Halo: 4 weekends on top? How is that even possible when the film seems so polarizing?
22. Kai: this is getting repetitive, can't we get some new numbers to analyze now?
23. Velvet Phantom: finally someone talking sense about how a film sticks in the box office that long. what's the word on the production budget?
24. Sofia: seriously still can't believe a comedy-drama stayed on top for four weeks there though
25. Max Larp: still hard to wrap my head around a local war drama holding onto the top spot for so long
26. Rayan: surprised more people aren't talking about how much of that budget went into convincing audiences this wasn't a propaganda piece
27. Elinvasquez: 4 weeks is a good run, but I'm curious, how sustainable is this success for the rest of the year?
28. Holtravi: what's driving this movie to such huge success in mainland China?
29. Sofia: that's some serious staying power, but what's the total for the whole month so far?
30. Void Kite: What's up with all the hype around this war comedy-drama? Can someone finally tell me what makes it so compelling to audiences in mainland China?
31. Silent Rune: four weeks is a nice feat, but I'm still waiting to see some decent competition in that market. When do we get a legitimate underdog story to shake things up?
32. Rogue Phantom: genuinely shocked it's held the top spot for so long, didn't expect that kind of staying power
33. Kianm: it's wild to think they can make that kind of money off a local war drama 🤯
34. Irisholt: staggering to think that one movie's still pulling in the views four weeks straight
35. Iron Pulse: surprised to see something other than a Marvel flick holding down the fort
36. Milaivanov: still waiting to see if they can keep the momentum going with more original storylines
37. Leo: 4 weekends at number one is nothing to sneeze at, but 12 million bucks isn't exactly lighting up the woks 🍲
38. Freya: nice to see some quality war comedies getting a chance to shine over there, especially when they're actually not that far off from reality
39. Hollow Sparrow: finally someone doing more than just throwing cash at CGI explosions
40. Freya: a little surprised it's held on for four weeks, what's the buzz around this one?

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