The Chinese blockbuster is set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) and depicts the Chinese People's Volunteers' brave fight in a key campaign at Lake Changjin (also referred to as Chosin Reservoir), during freezing temperatures. Despite the lack of food and warm clothing, the soldiers risked it all to defend their motherland against the world's best-equipped army – and it moved many moviegoers to tears.
UK’s The Times commented on October 04 that "the world's highest-grossing film does not involve James Bond or a Marvel superhero but is a tub-thumping Chinese war epic that revels in a rare victory over America".
The movie has broken through 5.694 billion yuan ($891 million) in ticket sales, including pre-sales, according to Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan.
A day earlier, Huxia Film Distributor announced they will prolong the release of “The Battle at Lake Changjin” in theaters for another month, until December 30.
If you don't already know, the Cary Joji Fukunaga-directed 25th Bond pic scored the biggest pandemic opening weekend in 36 markets.
And this Daniel Craig's swansong as 007 has crept up to $734 million over the weekend to become the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2021 – and of the pandemic era.
Despite its huge box office takings, it won’t be able to overtake the highest-grossing films of the year so far, however, with Chinese cinema barnstormers “Hi, Mom” and “The Battle of Changjin” having earned $882 million and $891 million respectively at the time of writing.
Never mind, it still did very well!
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