Resident Evil stays at the top of the Chinese box office
The horror film racked up 62.5 M RMB in its second full weekend.
Resident Evil remains the top-grossing film in mainland China for the week of October 16-18, earning 62.5 M RMB (9.3 M $) in its second full weekend. Since its release on October 5, at the end of Golden Week, the horror reboot has accumulated 55.8 M $ in revenue. In second place, the police series Traces of Justice collected 6.8 M $ in its third weekend, bringing its total to 84.6 M $ since October 1. Directed by Chen Sicheng and co-written with Zhang Ji and Yan Zijie, it stars Zhang Yi, Ma Li and Chen Minghao. The local comedy Mr. & Mrs. Pardon holds third place with 4.1 M $ for the same weekend, totalling 50.9 M $ since October 1. according to Variety.