{
  "id": 10377096,
  "title": "China Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Tops Pre-Holiday Weekend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/china-box-office-avengers-endgame-encore-tops-pre-holiday-weekend",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T05:43:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/china-box-office-avengers-endgame-encore-1236877185/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "\"Avengers: Endgame Encore\" topped the mainland China box office over the September 25-27 weekend. According to Variety, it grossed RMB83.8 million ($12.5 million). The film's cumulative lifetime haul in China is now $647.8 million, as per Variety.\n\nThe film's performance was significant, but Variety and TheWrap provided different figures. TheWrap mentioned a higher domestic total for \"Avengers: Endgame Encore\" but did not specify it was for a different market.\n\nOther films also performed well over the weekend. According to TheWrap, Sony's \"Resident Evil\" took second place with $23.3 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $103.4 million. New releases, including A24's \"Primetime\", Paramount's \"Heart of the Beast\", and Universal/DreamWorks' \"Forgotten Island\", also made it to the top 5.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "A24’s ‘Primetime’ Opens to Impressive $19.2 Million Proving Robert Pattinson’s Box Office Drawing Power",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/a24s-primetime-opens-to-impressive-19-2-million-proving-robert",
        "published": "2026-09-27T14:27:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Returns to No. 1 With $26 Million, ‘Primetime’ Scores Impressive $19 Million Debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/box-office-avengers-endgame-encore-returns-to-no-1-with-26-million",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:35:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Avengers: Endgame’ Adds $86 Million At Global Box Office From ‘Encore’ Reissue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/avengers-endgame-adds-86-million-at-global-box-office-from-encore",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:44:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}