While Universal’s The Fate of the Furious doesn’t open in China until Friday, the highly anticipated eighth installment is already setting records overseas.
As of Tuesday, the film has earned $18.1 million in advanced ticket revenue in China, ahead of Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, a local blockbuster produced by Stephen Chow, which took in $101 million in pre-sale ticket purchases.
TheĀ Fate of the FuriousĀ has also hit a new all-time high for advanced IMAX sales in China, pulling in $2.4 million unseating prior record-holder, Disney and Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, which took in approximately $10 million in I-MAX presales last year.