Stephen Chow’s first film in seven years, Kung Fu Soccer, scored a mighty opening at the China box office this past weekend grossing $73.6M (RMB500.3M) in just two days (July 11-12), according to figures from Artisan Gateway.
The spin-off of 2001 hit Shaolin Soccer follows an all-female soccer squad who add martial arts techniques to their game during a major tournament. The film has a 9.4 rating on the Maoyan ticketing platform, which is predicting a $369M (RMB2.5BN) final gross.
Chow directs but does not star in the film as he stepped away from acting following sci-fi comedy CJ7
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