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Detective Chinatown 3 has broken Avengers: Endgame‘s record for the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office in a single market.The 2019 Marvel film made $357million (£256m) on its first weekend in the US, but it has now been eclipsed in China.Despite cinemas being closed in many parts of the world, Chinese film fans are now able to see new releases in theatres, and the third film in the Detective Chinatown franchise – released at the weekend in line with the Chinese New Year – has

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What a difference a year makes. After a 12-month postponement caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Wanda Pictures' much anticipated comedy tentpole Detective Chinatown 3 finally opened in China Friday for the first day of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.

Refresh for latest…: Chinese moviegoers ushered in the Year of the Ox with the colossal three-day debut of Detective Chinatown 3 grossing an estimated RMB 2.56B ($397M). This tops Avengers: Endgame’s 2019 five-day China bow of RMB 2.22B to make DC3 not only the biggest opener in Chinese history, but also giving it bragging rights to the biggest opening weekend ever in a single market — overtaking Endgame’s North American launch of $357M from April 2019.

Rebecca Davis editorChina made history this weekend with record sales of nearly $775 million (RMB50 billion) within the first three days of the Chinese New Year holiday, led by an incredible $424 million (RMB2.74 billion) debut from “Detective Chinatown 3.”This marked the first time the country’s national box office has ever broken RMB1 billion ($155 million) a day for three consecutive days, a feat achieved despite caps on max theater capacity at 75% in most of the country and 50% in areas

Also Read: China and Japan Delivered Half of 2020's Top 10 Box Office Hits for First Time EverWhile “Detective Chinatown 3” is not likely to challenge “Endgame”‘s all-time global record of $2.79 billion, it is well on pace to pass the Marvel blockbuster’s Chinese total of $679 million.

A year after Covid raged in China, the country’s box office is all sewn up and back together with Detective Chinatown 3 besting Avengers: Endgame‘s U.S./Canada all-time opening with a $394M weekend. But here in the states, we’re still trying to get the pandemic under control, and winter storms which impacted 100 million Americans according to the National Weather Service didn’t help over a four-day Valentine’s Day/Presidents’ Day weekend which is historically a lucrative time.

The new Chinese film Detective Chinatown 3 just broke the record for the biggest opening day in a single market.

Rebecca Davis editorThe world’s largest film market is living up to its title with world-record-setting sales.

Talk about pent-up demand. Detective Chinatown 3, which was originally scheduled to hit Chinese cinemas during the Lunar New Year period in 2020, has sprung out of the gate today with an astonishing Maoyan-estimated RMB 1.05B ($163M) to score the biggest opening-day gross ever of any movie in a single market.

U.S. video giant Netflix is set to open a corporate office in Canada and will hire a first-time content executive to deal directly with local Canadian producers.

in a statement attributed to co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos, the company said more details will be announced “in the weeks ahead.”“We could only have dreamed in 2012 when our first original production began filming in Ontario (Hemlock Grove) what an important part of our business Canada would become,” the statement read. “Since 2017 alone we have spent more than $2.5B CAD on productions in the country.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNetflix has announced it will open a dedicated outpost in Canada with a local chief who will be in charge of commissioning domestic content.The news was announced by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in a blog post.“Ten years ago, Canadians invited Netflix into their homes for the first time,” Sarandos wrote.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has announced that the U.S. streaming giant will open a new office in Canada and hire a content chief dedicated to commissioning local originals.

Know of one we've missed? Shout about it in the comments below. This Chinatown stalwart can be found on Princess Street - not to be confused with Little Yang Sing, on neighbouring George Street, although that’s worth a visit too.They’re both run by members of the same family (Yang Sing owner Harry Yeung’s cousin Warren runs the smaller site) but are completely separate operations.While both sites are closed for now, the team have put together an excellent selection of take-home offerings for

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Canada has a good run of late with homegrown series including “Schitt’s Creek” and “Transplant” finding success in the US.You can add “Jann” to that list. Both seasons of the comedy series, which premiered on Canada’s CTV in 2019, are now available on Hulu and are (very loosely) based on the harried life of acclaimed singer/songwriter Jann Arden, who co-created the series and plays herself.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterVillage Roadshow Entertainment Group, the production company involved with films including “Joker” and Sandra Bullock’s “Ocean’s 8,” has promoted its longtime general counsel Kevin Berg.Berg’s expanded title will now include director, creative diversity and inclusion — with an eye toward content that appeals to LGBTQ+ individuals and other underrepresented groups worldwide.

changing your dates nor do I want to put people at risk of this awful virus. Sign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link.“We as a team have sold 11,000 tickets during this pandemic so far, so I hope all of you can make the new dates.