Aftershock breaks China BO record

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Box Office News

Aftershock (唐山大地震) has become the highest grossing Chinese film of all time with a box office total of RMB532 million ($78.5 million).

The figure, published by Chinese state media on Monday, means that Aftershock has overtaken Founding of A Republic (建國大業), the all-star political movie that scored RMB420 million ($62 million) last year. Aftershock achieved its record in just 18 days since its release on 22 July 2010.

It also means that director Feng Xiaogang (馮小剛) has successfully achieved his target of making the first Chinese film to score RMB500 million ($73.8 million) in theatres.

The total means Aftershock is now the second biggest film of any nationality to play in China. Avatar, released in January this year, scored $197 million to become the biggest.

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