Dolittle starred Robert Downey, Jr. that is an adventure movie. The actor portrayed Dr. John Dolittle and the entire set reflected England of the 19th-century. Universal Pictures production Dolittle managed to garner top place at the box office in China.
The movie is ranked on the top during the second week of the release following the cinema halls re-opening with limited screens post COVID-19 lockdown. While the screens are limited, people are following the social distancing rule to watch movies on the big screen.
According to Artisan Gateway, a local consultancy for box office collections, the weekend collected $17.5 million. The box office gross of the weekend has shortened by 93.2 percent as the weekend collection was a modest $364.1 million.
Compared to the previous year, the box office collection of China was whopping $5.4 billion. To secure the top position in China on weekends, $3.3 million collections of Dolittle was more than enough. Although the movie earned $11.8 million in 10 days.
However, the fantasy movie failed to impress North American audiences. The production cost of the movie is $175 million and before releasing it in China, the worldwide collection of Dolittle was $126 million.
Besides Robert Downey Jr's indisputable fame after Marvel across the world, Dolittle seemed to be facing issues with the financial recovery. After Robert Downey Jr's film, The Enigma of Arrival makes the place in the top-chart. The local drama collected $3 million.
The movie is directed by Wen Song and it was first premiered at Busan Film Festival. However, the original release date in China was supposed to be February that was pushed further because of the pandemic.
While the cinema halls have almost no new movies to showcase, they decided to re-release movies such as Interstellar. Christopher Nolan starred sci-fi featured movie that was originally released in 2014, debuted on weekend.
Surprisingly, the movie turned out to be the biggest box office hit post-lockdown. It earned $2.8 million and helped IMAX theaters. Since day one of its release, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and McConaughey starred Interstellar grossed the highest collection.
Considering the initial release, the movie has earned $111 million at China's box office. Though there are several movies re-released such as Sheep Without a Shepherd that earned $2.4 million while Mr. Miao collected $1.2 million, which is a new animated movie. Sheep Without a Shepherd secured $180.4 million since its initial release last year.