Chinese drama film "Dying to Survive" has earned a big hit of $200-million during the 4-day weekend in the Middle Kingdom.
Some film experts projected that "Dying to Survive" will surpass the $870-million earning of Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2." If ever this projection comes into realization, the "Dying to Survive" will become China's biggest box-office film of all time as to date.
The film has been deemed by many as creative and moving. It is the directorial debut of Wen Muye, and are being starred by Xu Zheng of the "Lost in Hong Kong" movie and local box office actor Ning Hao.
The "Dying to Survive" has connected well to its Chinese audience because of its moving reality story plot. It tackles social issues which are common nowadays in the Chinese community.
Inspired by a true story, the film highlighted the life of a health supplement merchant who smuggles leukemia drugs from India to China. Despite the illegality of his doing, he was able to help a lot of leukemia patients because his smuggled drugs are being sold at lower prices than Chinese markets. Initially driven for profits, he later realized that his purpose is to save lives.
The movie, although drama in nature, has also has a touch of comedy.
Meanwhile, the "Dying to Survive" has earned the highest scores from China's film reviews, the highest that the said group gave to a local film.
"Dying to Survive" has surpassed the $161-million 3-day weekend debut of "Ant-Man and the Wasp." This Chinese blockbuster also gained 33 percent higher than "Wolf Warriors 2." The results were based on the 4-day opening weekends of both films.
The blockbuster debut of "Dying to Survive" is said to pave way for more big hits of Chinese films in the international cinemas.
