'Aftershock' sets record
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August 11, 2010, Wednesday
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DISASTER movie "Aftershock" has set a domestic box office record for a Chinese film with 532 million yuan (US$79 million) in ticket sales, its distributors said.
The Feng Xiaogang-directed drama overtook star-studded movie "The Founding of a Republic," which earned 420 million yuan, according to distributors Huayi Brothers Media Corp.
China's all-time box office champion is James Cameron's "Avatar," which took in US$204 million this year, smashing the previous record held by disaster film "2012."
Although little known in the West, Feng has directed a string of Chinese hits, including the comedies "If You Are The One" and "Big Shot's Funeral," and Chinese Civil War saga "Assembly."
"Aftershock" portrays one of the world's worst natural disasters, the 1976 earthquake that devastated the northern Chinese city of Tangshan killing more than 240,000 people. The movie examines its aftermath through the story of a present-day mother's three-decade journey to an emotional reunion with the daughter she thought she had lost to the disaster.
Released on July 22, its 135 million yuan budget - about half provided by the Tangshan City government - was relatively hefty for a Chinese production.
Also released in IMAX format, the movie was a technical breakthrough for the Chinese film industry.
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