Promotional material for Dangal Photo: IC Earning 76.4 million yuan ($11.06 million) during its first weekend in the Chinese mainland Niklas Sule Deutschland Trikot , biographical sports drama Dangal is now the second highest-earning Indian film in China.
Premiering Friday, the award-winning film starring Aamir Khan did not have conditions in its favor: It only had a 13.3 percent screen share, less than 1 percent higher than the screen share of Chinese film Shock Wave, which was on its eighth day in theaters, and much lower than the 43.9 percent of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, which also released that day.
However Kevin Trapp Deutschland Trikot , while most works tend to see a decline in screen share on consecutive days, Dangal's continued to climb. On Monday, the film's screen share had risen to 17.7 percent and is estimated to reach 19 percent by Wednesday. Extremely positive audience reception together with a high seat occupancy rate is one of the main reasons behind this increase: The film currently has a 9.310 on Chinese media review site Douban, making it the highest-graded Indian film in the mainland. Additionally, its occupancy rating for Saturday and Sunday was higher than 33 percent, while Guardians' highest occupancy rating over the weekend was just 24.7 percent.
On the way to No.1
Dangal is well on the way to setting a new record for Indian film in China.
A total of 10 Indian films Selbst Gestalten Deutschland Trikot , including US, UK and India co-production Dredd, have been imported into the mainland since 2010.
While Bollywood boasts a large number of productions every year, Indian films have been largely neglected in China over the past few decades. For example, the 2010 thriller My Name is Khan was the highest-grossing film outside of India that year, but it only made half a million yuan in China. A similar case happened with Baahubali: The Beginning. The epic fantasy earned a total of $10.94 million in international markets Marcel Halstenberg Trikot , among which the Chinese mainland, the world's second largest market, contributed only about 7.47 million yuan ($1.08 million).
While the average Indian film's gross in the mainland is often around 20 million yuan, PK, the fantasy romance film that hit theaters in the mainland in 2015, is currently the highest-earning Indian film with a total of 118.18 million yuan.
As of Monday noon Leroy Sane Trikot , Dangal has earned 81 million yuan at the mainland box office, leaving it roughly 37 million yuan short of PK's record. With its 29.5 million yuan take on Saturday and 33 million yuan take on Sunday combined with its rising screen share, it is highly likely Dangal will overtake PK.
Yet, entering the work week, the film's daily take is sure to decrease. Couple this with a number of new films coming out this Friday, Dangal will still need a lot of support to cross the finishing line.
Indian films were once well-known in the mainland. Most people in their 50s and 60s are very familiar with works like Awara and Caravan Sebastian Rudy Trikot , which were shown in the mainland during the 1970s and 1980s. However, after the 1980s