Synopsis
When a father struggling to keep custody of son, keep his business afloat and keep his own father alive, is given a chance to profit off of overseas pharmaceutical smuggling, he jumps at the chance. But what follows is one man’s profound evolution from what it is to make money to what it is to make a difference.
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Movie Details
| China Releases: |
June 30th, 2018 (Wide) |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Running Time: |
96 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Medical and Hospitals, Cancer, Terminal Illness, Set in India, Set in China, Inspired by a True Story, Smuggler, Pharmaceuticals |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Dirty Monkey Films Group, Huanxi Media Group Limited, Beijing Universe Starlight Culture Media Company, Beijing Talent International Film Co |
| Production Countries: |
China |
| Languages: |
Mandarin |
August 9th, 2019
It’s another slow week for limited releases, so I stretched my usual rule regarding the minimum number of reviews needed to make the list. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing worth watching coming out this weekend. There are two documentaries earning perfect or near-perfect reviews, Vision Portraits and One Child Nation. There are a couple of Chinese films coming out, The Bravest and Dying to Survive. There’s even an Anime title on this week’s list, Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over The Rainbow. However, The Peanut Butter Falcon is the film with the best shot and earning some measure of mainstream success.
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July 24th, 2018
Skyscraper roared to first place on the international chart, thanks mostly to its debut in China. Overall, it earned $77.8 million in 68 markets for totals of $135.7 million internationally and $182.8 million worldwide. It opened in first place in China with $48.11 million over the weekend for a total opening of $48.51 million. The second biggest new market was Colombia, where it earned $1.38 million on 195 screens. Its best holdover was in Mexico where it was down 50% to $1.68 million on 815 screens for a two-week total of $7.46 million.
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July 18th, 2018
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Dying to Survive remained in first place, both in its native China and on the international chart. It earned $69.29 million over the weekend for a total of $367.40 million after two full weeks of release.
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July 11th, 2018
Dying to Survive opened in its native China with a stunning $152.73 million during its opening weekend for a nine-day debut of $201.56 million—enough for it to easily win the weekend at the international box office. This film is based on the real-life story of a cancer patient who smuggled cheap drugs from India to China. Since Indian films have found an audience in China, perhaps this is another step if forging connections between those two markets.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2018/06/29 |
5 |
$7,530,000 |
|
22,883 |
$329 |
$7,540,000 |
1 |
| 2018/07/06 |
1 |
$150,510,000 |
+1,899% |
194,103 |
$775 |
$198,630,000 |
2 |
| 2018/07/13 |
1 |
$68,530,000 |
-54% |
138,885 |
$493 |
$362,470,000 |
3 |
| 2018/07/20 |
2 |
$26,970,000 |
-61% |
96,690 |
$279 |
$423,990,000 |
4 |
| 2018/07/27 |
4 |
$4,820,000 |
-82% |
17,750 |
$272 |
$443,420,000 |
5 |
| 2018/08/03 |
8 |
$1,950,000 |
-60% |
10,068 |
$194 |
$448,230,000 |
6 |
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Production and Technical Credits
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