In merely three days' time, White Fox made over ten billion at the box office, and professional box office analysts predicted thirty billion by the time the film stops screening. The current box office number-one film was a foreign film, and had been holding the title for two years. To many, it stuck out like a sore thumb.
For a big nation with 14 billion population, it was a humiliation to have the box office number-one position taken away by a foreign film. What China needed was a film that could supersede it, whether through astounding FX or overwhelmingly-positive reviews. They had to take back the position and reclaim the first spot; it didn't matter who, as long as it was a local production.
On the fourth day of New Year, the box office income matched the five billion on the third day.
Seventeen billion in four days. The numbers were staggering.
On the fifth day, the film reeled in two billion.
Same for the sixth day.
