{"id":609097,"date":"2026-04-27T11:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/609097\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:02:11","slug":"michael-claims-top-spot-during-sluggish-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/609097\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Michael&#8217; Claims Top Spot During Sluggish Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUniversal\u2019s biographical drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/michael\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael\" data-tag=\"michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a>\u201d debuted at the top of the China box office during the April 24\u201326 weekend, earning RMB32.6 million ($4.8 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith $217.3 million, \u201cMichael\u201d is also the No. 1 film in the world, per Comscore. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe local drama \u201cIt\u2019s OK\u201d moved to second place in its fourth weekend, adding $1.7 million for a cumulative total of $26.8 million. Produced by China Film and directed by Yang Lina, the film features Wen Qi and Qin Hailu in a story centering on a young woman whose life is disrupted by the sudden arrival of her mother as she prepares for an urgent medical procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHorror-thriller \u201cThe Caged Butterfly\u201d followed in third place, taking in $1.5 million to push its total to $13.1 million. Produced by Ultra Comedy and directed by Hao Han, the film stars Li Meng, Liu Siwei, and Jiang Zhuojun. The story is set within the notorious Butterfly Mansion villa. The plot follows a physiotherapy therapist and a greedy schemer who move into the haunted estate, only to be plagued by bizarre events and a life-or-death game involving a woman in a red dress and a distorted, eyeless boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tColumbia Pictures\u2019 science-fiction epic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/project-hail-mary\/\" id=\"auto-tag_project-hail-mary\" data-tag=\"project-hail-mary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Project Hail Mary<\/a>\u201d maintained a presence in the top five during its sixth weekend, earning $1.3 million at No. 4 for a total haul of $39.1 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRounding out the top five, Universal\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-super-mario-galaxy-movie\" data-tag=\"the-super-mario-galaxy-movie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>\u201d earned $1.2 million, bringing its total to $18.7 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe overall weekend remained significantly quiet as the market awaits the upcoming May Day holiday slate, with total grosses reaching only $16 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMainland China\u2019s 2026 year-to-date revenue stands at $1.89 billion, down 49.6% from the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal\u2019s biographical drama \u201cMichael\u201d debuted at the top of the China box office during the April 24\u201326 weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,27354,206,155909,149222],"class_list":{"0":"post-609097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-michael","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-project-hail-mary","12":"tag-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}