20 Alternative 2017 Movie Awards

15. Biggest Box Office Success Story - Wolf Warrior 2

2017 Movie Awards 2
Bona Films

Reinforcing the continued growth of China in the cinema industry, action sequel Wolf Warrior 2 was made for just $30m yet earned more at the global box office than Justice League, Logan, Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

It destroyed the previous record of China's highest-grossing movie by almost $300m, and put Hollywood on notice that its status as the industry's superpower is in real danger by out-earning most of the Western competition to become the sixth-biggest movie of 2017, despite just 0.3% of the box office total coming from outside China.

With an incredible $870.3m in the bank Wolf Warrior 2 proved that a Chinese blockbuster could play, and then beat, Hollywood at its own game. In the future, the groundbreaking box office performance of Wu Jing's action flick could go down as a watershed moment for a real shifting of power.

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