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Dirty Monkeys Holds China Box Office Lead for Third Weekend
entertainment1 month ago

Dirty Monkeys Holds China Box Office Lead for Third Weekend

Dirty Monkeys' war comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in the Middle East stayed No. 1 at the mainland China box office for a third weekend, grossing RMB174.4 million ($25.6 million) from Aug. 28–30 and lifting its cumulative total to about RMB283.7 million since its Aug. 11 release; the weekend's top five also included V (RMB14.4 million; RMB59.6 million total), The Odyssey (about RMB10 million; $87.4 million total), All Wishes Come True! (RMB7.9 million; $270.3 million total), and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (RMB2.9 million; $225.7 million total). China’s overall weekend box-office was RMB69.8 million, with year-to-date revenue at about $4.13 billion, down 28.1% from 2025.

China Weekend Box Office: War Comedy Leads as Nolan's The Odyssey Debuts
entertainment-box-office1 month ago

China Weekend Box Office: War Comedy Leads as Nolan's The Odyssey Debuts

Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy Once Upon a Time in the Middle East dominated the mainland China box office over Aug. 14–16 with RMB 477.9 million ($70.3 million), pushing its cumulative total to about $134.1 million. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opened with $28.4 million in China (IMAX $19.3 million), the director’s biggest China opening in IMAX; All Wishes Come True! was third with $13.1 million, Spider-Man: Brand New Day fourth with $9.9 million, and To Your Island fifth with $2.6 million. Mainland China weekend gross reached $132.9 million; year-to-date totals sit at $3.79 billion, down 30.4% from 2025.