{"id":167131,"date":"2022-12-24T15:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/avatar-2-bombs-in-china-but-otherwise-soars-to-661-million-global-box-office\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T15:35:04","slug":"avatar-2-bombs-in-china-but-otherwise-soars-to-661-million-global-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/avatar-2-bombs-in-china-but-otherwise-soars-to-661-million-global-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Avatar 2’ Bombs in China – but Otherwise Soars to $661 Million Global Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"
James Cameron’s \u201dThe Way of Water\u201c continues the pattern of Hollywood blockbusters \u2013 but not Chinese tentpoles \u2013 struggling in the Middle Kingdom<\/p>\n
\u201cWe may never know how the second Pandora-set picture would have performed in China had it opened in non-COVID circumstances,\u201d stated attorney Stephen Saltzman. The head of the international entertainment group at the law firm Fieldfisher noted that the film’s opening weekend came soon after a lifting of COVID-specific restrictions and a rise in infections.<\/p>\n
Whatever the reasons for the softer-than-hoped performance, the result merely continues a trend. After these last few years, Hollywood is, as previously reported by TheWrap, once again treating Chinese box office as a mere luxury.<\/p>\n