Major foreign media reported that the box office growth rate of "Detective Chinatown 3" is like a monster

Today, "Detective Chinatown 3" broke the single-week box office record for domestic films, with a total box office of over 2.3 billion, becoming the 22nd 2 billion box office movie in Chinese film history. Many foreign media also reported that the box office growth rate of "Detective Chinatown 3" is simply a monster.

Mainstream foreign media Deadline, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Forbes all reported the box office success of "Detective Chinatown 3". Forbes said that "Detective Chinatown 3" proved that China is no longer dependent on imported Hollywood blockbusters; Hollywood Reporter said that the performance of "Detective Chinatown 3" shows the confidence in the recovery of Chinese film and television in 2021; Deadline said that for the Chinese film industry before the 2020 epidemic, "Detective Chinatown 3" was a beautiful shot in the arm.

Scott Mendelson, a famous film critic for Forbes, also said that the box office growth rate of "Detective Chinatown 3" is like a monster.

"Detective Chinatown 3" was originally scheduled to be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2020, but was postponed due to the epidemic. Many movies in the same period were released in theaters last year, but "Detective Chinatown 3" has not been released yet, and it still sticks to the Spring Festival schedule of the new year. The film was written and directed by Chen Sicheng, starring Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tony Jaa, Masami Nagasawa, Shota Sometani, Suzuki Honami, Tadanobu Asano, Tomokazu Miura, Shang Yuxian, Xiao Yang, Zhang Zifeng, Qiu Ze, and Janine Chang. It tells the story of the "detective duo" Tang Ren and Qin Feng solving difficult cases in Tokyo.