After a disappointing two weeks, the nationwide Chinese theater chain, Lumiere Pavilions, has completely pulled the film. Following a $28.7 million debut, and $2.4 Million (a 92% drop) for week two, chain chairman Jimmy Wu says, "It's performed much worse than we could have expected.” The film is estimated to take less than $50 million in China, compared to $124 million for
The Force Awakens, and just below
Rogue One’s $69 million. Unlike the US and many other countries, the original trilogy was not shown in Chinese theaters until 2015, ahead of
The Force Awakens Ironically, the comedy that has beat
The Last Jedi over the last few weeks,
The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes, and its predecessor
The Backup Strikes Back, are named after
Star Wars films
(Source:
Independent.co.UK)
