“Warcraft’s” paltry domestic box office return of $24 million over its opening weekend would lead you to believe that the Duncan Jones helmed blockbuster was the latest in a long line of video-game adaptations to have faltered, but that only tells 1/16th of the story. Because while “Warcraft” has floundered in the US, it has grossed $280.5 million internationally, and in China alone it has brought in $156.8 million in just five days. “Warcraft” is now even expected to seriously challenge the $390 million amassed by “Furious 7” in the territory, which made it the highest grossing Hollywood movie ever in China.
China has firmly become a key market for Hollywood studios. Currently it’s the second largest box office in the world, but it’s expected that the country’s revenue will surpass that of the United States at some point in 2017 to make it numero uno. Still, that doesn’t mean that their audiences actually have good taste. Because several Hollywood blockbusters that were critically savaged and rejected by US audiences have prospered amongst the nation’s 1.3 million inhabitants, and we’ve gathered up the heavy hitters.
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