{"id":234142,"date":"2026-01-12T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/234142\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:36:07","slug":"zootopia-2-remains-on-top-avatar-3-places-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/234142\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Zootopia 2’ Remains on Top, ‘Avatar 3’ Places Third"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChina\u2019s theatrical market cooled further in the Jan. 9\u201311 frame, with Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2<\/a>\u201d holding on to the No. 1 spot for a second consecutive weekend after it reclaimed pole position last week.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cZootopia 2\u201d added RMB49.1 million ($6.9 million), according to Artisan Gateway, lifting its cumulative total to RMB4.31 billion ($607.2 million). <\/p>\n

\n\tMaoyan Movie\u2019s crime thriller \u201cThe Fire Raven\u201d stayed close behind in second place, earning $6.8 million. The film continued to show solid traction, pushing its running total to $42.3 million after less than two weeks in release. Directed and written by Sam Quah, the film stars Peng Yuchang, Alan Aruna and Chang Ning and follows the reopening of a long-dormant murder case that exposes a wider network of corruption and revenge.<\/p>\n

\n\tJames Cameron\u2019s sci-fi epic \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash<\/a>\u201d moved to third, grossing $6.5 million over the weekend. The 20th Century Studios release has now reached $146.6 million in China.<\/p>\n

\n\tHuace Film & TV\u2019s \u201cBack to the Past\u201d placed fourth with $4.9 million, taking its cumulative haul to $33.7 million. The feature film adaptation of Hong Kong broadcaster TVB\u2019s 2001 historical sci-fi series \u201cA Step Into the Past\u201d is produced by\u00a0Louis Koo<\/a>\u2018s One Cool Film Production, with Koo serving as producer. The project reunites the principal cast from the original television series 24 years after it first aired. Koo stars alongside Raymond Lam, Jessica Hsuan, Sonija Kwok, Joyce Tang and Michelle Saram, all reprising their original roles. New cast members include Bai Baihe, Michael Miu and Louis Cheung. The film marks the final screen appearance of the late Dick Liu Kai-chi.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top five was Chuanqiren Media\u2019s family drama \u201cUnexpected Family,\u201d which collected $900,000 million and stands at $5.5 million to date. The comedy-drama is co-written and directed by Li Taiyan and centers on a young man who leaves his small town for Beijing and ends up entangled with an elderly man with Alzheimer\u2019s who mistakes him for his son. The film stars Jackie Chan<\/a>, Peng Yuchang, Zhang Jianing and Pan Binlong.<\/p>\n

\n\tOverall, the China box office generated $31.6 million for the weekend. Year-to-date takings for 2026 have reached $162.4 million, running 9.9% ahead of the same period last year, though the market is clearly settling into a quieter post-festive rhythm with an eye on the Lunar New Year holiday next month when several big ticket releases are expected to bow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s theatrical market cooled further in the Jan. 9\u201311 frame, with Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2\u201d holding on to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[30585,146,85,46,35070,121914,397,93553],"class_list":{"0":"post-234142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-avatar-fire-and-ash","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-jackie-chan","13":"tag-louis-koo","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-zootopia-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}