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Article: War epic "Red Cliff" declares opening victory in Asian market
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 11, 2008
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War epic "Red Cliff" declares opening victory in Asian market
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- "Red Cliff", reportedly Asia's most
expensive ever film, gained 27 million yuan (3.91 million U.S.
dollars) of box office on its first-day release, setting the highest
record among homemade movies.
The first of this two-part epic motion, adapted from China's
classic historic fiction Romance of the Three Kingdoms, hit cinemas
in Asia on July 10.
Its first-day box office was the highest among all movies
released in the mainland so far this year and higher than last
year's Hollywood blockbuster Transformers whose first-day box office
was 22.41 million yuan.
Weng Li, spokesman of the China Film Group ...