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鈥楾he Mermaid鈥 tops box office

Domestic sci-fi comedy 鈥淭he Mermaid,鈥 directed by Stephen Chow, topped the Chinese box office in the week ending February 14, pulling in about 1.79 billion yuan (US$274 million).

鈥淔rom Vegas to Macau III,鈥 starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau, took 775.6 million yuan to come in at No. 2, according to yesterday鈥檚 China Film News.

It was closely followed by comedy-fantasy 鈥淭he Monkey King 2,鈥 which earned 759.6 million yuan.

All three were released on February 8, China鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Day.

Animated comedy 鈥淜ung Fu Panda 3鈥 took 154.1 million yuan in the same week, though it has earned more than 831.6 million yuan since its debut on January 29.


 

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