Shenzhen Film Studio’s sports comedy “Kung Fu Soccer” comfortably retained the top spot at the mainland China box office during the July 17\u201319 weekend, generating RMB501.1 million ($73.7 million) in its second weekend of release, according to data from Artisan Gateway.<\/p>\n
Directed by Stephen Chow, the hit has reached a cumulative total of $214.3 million in its first nine days. The narrative marks a return to Chow’s signature athletic slapstick, following an amateur women’s team as they combine gravity-defying martial arts with professional soccer to storm a major championship tournament.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/p>\n
Pearl Studio’s computer-animated fantasy feature “All Wishes Come True!” debuted in second place, capturing $30.6 million over the three-day weekend frame. Directed by Mu Zhengyang, the co-production has amassed a total of $39.6 million since launching on July 18. The family-friendly mythological comedy follows eight ordinary mortals who must use their collective wit and courage to outsmart formidable deities, ultimately earning the legendary title of the Eight Immortals.<\/p>\n
Enlight Pictures’ adaptation of 2015 U.K. film “Miss You Already,” “A Part of Me,” opened in third position, pulling in $13.6 million during its debut frame. Directed by Ma Yingxin and starring Zhang Ruonan and Jolin Jin, the character-driven film spans a multi-decade timeline, chronicling the emotional complexities, personal growth, and shifting bonds of a deeply resilient friendship that crosses 20 years.<\/p>\n
Universal’s “Minions & Monsters” moved to fourth place in its third week of release, bringing in $3.7 million. The film has now pushed its cumulative Chinese box office haul to $40.3 million since its July 3 debut.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the top five, a theatrical release of Christopher Smith’s 2009 psychological horror film “Triangle” drew $3.7 million over the weekend frame. Funded by the erstwhile U.K. Film Council, the mind-bending thriller has taken $3.9 million to date.<\/p>\n
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” the No. 1 film in the world over the weekend by some distance, will open in China Aug. 15.<\/p>\n
Mainland China’s overall weekend grosses reached $132.9 million, while the 2026 year-to-date revenue stands at $2.97 billion, down 35.3% from the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n
Best of Variety<\/p>\n
Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shenzhen Film Studio’s sports comedy “Kung Fu Soccer” comfortably retained the top spot at the mainland China box…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,94680,285415,269841,39701,285414,561,82,269840],"class_list":["post-813675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cumulative-total","tag-film-council","tag-kung-fu-soccer","tag-mainland-china","tag-mu-zhengyang","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-stephen-chow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}