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''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' earned $52 million during its opening weekend in China, a strong start but pulling in much less than ''Fast & Furious 7'' did on its first weekend in the country. (Courtesy: Youtube)
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Leading entertainment consultancy EntGroup said that by Monday afternoon the movie had earned just under 366 million yuan ($56 million) in the world's second-largest movie market. (Courtesy: Youtube)
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''Fast & Furious 7,'' China's top-earning foreign movie, earned $182 million during its opening weekend in May last year. It went on to gross $390.9 million in China, just over a quarter of its total earnings. (Courtesy: Youtube)
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The latest ''Star Wars'' movie was released in China on Saturday, three weeks after it opened in North America, where it is the biggest-grossing movie ever. Internationally, though, it lags far behind another science-fiction movie – ''Avatar'' – and analysts do not expect it to earn enough in China, where not many people are familiar with ''Star Wars,'' to knock ''Avatar'' off its perch. (Courtesy: Youtube)
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Liu Cuiping, vice director of research for EntGroup, said that after the opening weekend she still expected ''The Force Awakens'' to pull in around $230 million in mainland China – its final international market. (Courtesy: Youtube)
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So far, it is estimated to have made around $1.7 billion worldwide, compared with Avatar's $2.8 billion. (Courtesy: Youtube)
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