DC is making waves in the Chinese film market

Speakers: Li Ningjing, Sam Duckett, and Lu Sirui

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Director Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman may not have shattered the box office ceiling for female-directed films like it did stateside with its USD 100M-plus debut (Xue Xiaolu's Book of Love holds that distinction in China), but Gal Gadot's Amazonian warrior still found modest success in the world's second largest film market, debuting with RMB 246 million (USD 36.2 million) adjusted to remove online ticketing fees.

The Wonder Woman character is virtually unknown outside DC Comic fanboy circles and poor word of mouth from Warner Bros' two previous DC outings in the country – Batman vs. Superman in 2016 and Man of Steel in 2013 – looked at first to hamper Wonder Woman's box office prospects in China. 

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.