{"id":665555,"date":"2026-10-26T05:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665555\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:24:09","slug":"china-box-office-resident-evil-stays-at-no-1-as-market-hits-lull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665555\/","title":{"rendered":"China Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Stays at No. 1 as Market Hits Lull"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tConstantin Film and Sony Pictures\u2019 horror reboot \u201cResident Evil<\/a>\u201d secured the top spot at the mainland China box office for the third consecutive weekend, grossing RMB37.6 million ($5.6 million) over the Oct. 23\u201325 frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway. <\/p>\n

\n\tSince rolling out during the Golden Week holiday corridor on Oct. 5, the film has generated a cumulative haul of $64.8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew Classics Pictures\u2019 crime procedural drama \u201cTraces of Justice<\/a>\u201d held onto second position, taking in $4.7 million in its fourth weekend. Directed by Chen Sicheng (\u201cDetective Chinatown\u201d) and co-written with Zhang Ji and Yan Zijie, the period investigation epic has lifted its cumulative cume to $92.4 million since premiering on Oct. 1. Starring Zhang Yi, Ma Li, and Chen Minghao alongside guest appearances by Karry Wang, Fan Chengcheng, and Chen Feiyu, the multi-decade drama chronicles an elite public security detective unravelling major criminal mysteries based on real cases.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeijing Joy Fun Pictures\u2019 domestic body-swap comedy \u201cMr. & Mrs. Pardon\u201d remained in third place, generating $2.6 million over the three-day weekend to lift its cumulative gross to $55.5 million. Directed by Shen Chunyang and written by Ma Duo, the satirical feature stars real-life comedic pair Shen Chunyang and Xiao Shenyang alongside Jia Bing and Yu Yang as an uninspired middle-aged couple forced to navigate marriage and domestic friction after swapping bodies.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirty Monkeys\u2019 war comedy-drama \u201cOnce Upon a Time in the Middle East<\/a>\u201d took fourth position in its eleventh weekend of release, collecting $800,000. Directed by Wen Muye (\u201cDying to Survive\u201d) and starring Shen Teng, Jiang Qiming, Aarif Rahman, and Omar Sherif, the enduring summer blockbuster has amassed a cumulative total of $355.5 million since launching on Aug. 11.<\/p>\n

\n\tPearl Studio\u2019s computer-animated fantasy comedy \u201cAll Wishes Come True!<\/a>\u201d rounded out the top five, pulling in $600,000 over its two-day weekend frame. Directed by Mu Zhengyang, the long-running family hit has reached a cumulative total of $306.6 million across 15 weeks in release since opening on July 18.<\/p>\n

\n\tMainland China\u2019s overall weekend box office dropped to a muted $18.6 million, reflecting a pronounced post-holiday slump across the theatrical landscape. The 2026 year-to-date box office reached $4.7 billion, trailing the same period in 2025 by 29.1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Constantin Film and Sony Pictures\u2019 horror reboot \u201cResident Evil\u201d secured the top spot at the mainland China box…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[234494,93,61,60,270,252336,23285,276509],"class_list":["post-665555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-all-wishes-come-true","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-once-upon-a-time-in-the-middle-east","tag-resident-evil","tag-traces-of-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}