‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ Beating Bond And Marvel at the Box Office

The biggest movie in the world right now is not the latest Bond film “No Time To Die” or even Marvel's “Shang-Chi” and the “Legend of the Ten Rings”.  

It's a Chinese film about the 1950s Korean War, centred on a story of Chinese soldiers defeating American troops despite great odds, reports BBC.

In just two weeks since its release, “The Battle at Lake Changjin” has made over $633 million at the box office.

This puts it far ahead of Shang-Chi's global earnings of $402 million, and in just half the time.

It is set to become China's highest-grossing film ever.

Its success is good news for China's pandemic-affected film sector as Covid forced cinemas to shut and reopen multiple times.

But for Hollywood looking in from the outside, the immense popularity of a local film like this could mean even more challenges ahead as it struggles to gain ground in China - the biggest film market in the world.