Most Expensive Chinese Movie Ever Bombs At Box Office

manufacturer of the filmAsura , the most expensive ever produced in China , have pulled the film from theaters after it bombed in its first weekend at the box office . According to producer , the pic fell victim to a trolling campaign similar to those unleash against recent Hollywood productions likeBlack PantherandStar Wars : The Last Jedi . The first film in a planned trilogy , Asuratells the story of a mythical kingdom endangered by a coup d’etat from a lesser heavenly kingdom .

producer Alibaba Pictures , Zhenjian Film Studio and Ningxia Film Group expend over $ 100 million on the film , the first time such a big sum has ever been spent on a Chinese production . Reportedly shot in seven location around China , Asurawas organise by Peng Zhang , a celebrated stunt coordinator who ’s worked on Hollywood movies likeAnt - Manand theTwilightfilms . Oscar - winningLord of the Ringscostume interior decorator Ngila Dickson provided the costumes for the fantasy film , whose news report is infer from Buddhist mythology .

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What was supposed to be China ’s first - ever natively produced liberal - budget blockbuster has now become the nation ’s first big - budget flop . Business Insiderreports that producers have elect to pullAsurafrom theaters after it made just $ 7.1 million in its first weekend . A representative for Zhenjian Film Studio deny the flick was pulled because of poor box office functioning , insisting that producer just want to make some changes to the film before frame it back in theatre .

While denying risky box authority was to blame for the movie being pulled , producers also claim thatAsurawas the dupe of a careful campaign to bring down the film ’s grade on China ’s most pop ticketing apps and review aggregator . Such campaigns have been directed against American films in the past tense , most notablyStar Wars : The Last Jedi , which found itself the victim of Rotten Tomatoes sabotageafter some fans objectedto how the motion picture ’s story and casting were handled . The 2018 blockbusterBlack Pantheralso come in under fire froman organized group of fanswith less - than - ethical motif . But neither of those moviessaw any significant impactto their loge office , as both went on to top the $ 600 million mark in the US .

Indeed , Taiwanese trailing firms claim bad selling was mostly to blame forAsura ’s monumental loge office under - performance . In an unprecedented move , producers have elect to pullAsurarather than have it flounder at the box office . Big - budget American films of course often undergo major change , and even huge reshootsas in the case of moving picture likeSolo : A Star Wars StoryandJustice League , but never would a studio apartment pull a movie after release and attempt to make over it . story would point thatAsurahas no chance to become a hit now that audiences have rejected it , and it ’s dependable to say the planned trilogy now likely will not come to fruition .