{"id":21944,"date":"2013-10-22T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T19:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=21944"},"modified":"2013-10-22T14:59:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T19:59:48","slug":"thewolverine-tops-chinese-film-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=21944","title":{"rendered":"China premiere moves ‘The Wolverine’ past $400 million."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTHE WOLVERINE<\/a> reached the top of the Chinese box office chart, bringing in<\/a> $18.7 million<\/strong> in its first week. This pushed the film’s worldwide total haul towards an impressive $405 million, while also helping 20th Century Fox pass the $2 billion mark in global ticket sales earnings for 2013.<\/p>\n

The movie is the top grossing X-Men film in overseas markets, besting 2006’s “X-Men: The Last Stand”. Despite this, it’s shockingly the lowest grossing film in the USA.<\/p>\n

Hugh Jackman<\/strong> attended<\/a> the film’s press conference and premiere in Beijing last week and told reporters that he “honestly [hasn’t] made [the] decision” if he’ll continue playing Wolverine after the next X-Men movie.<\/p>\n

“I’ve just finished shooting ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’,” he tells Xinhua<\/a>. “I’ll make a decision in a little while. There will come a time when I’ll move on [from playing Wolverine]. The fans will want me to move on. Or more importantly, the studio will want me to move on. But right now I’m loving it.”<\/p>\n

“[Days of Future Past] is certainly the biggest and the most epic X-men film. It’s a story which is emotionally rich, but intellectually, it’s gonna keep you on your toes. The plot is gonna exceed people’s expectations,” Jackman revealed.<\/p>\n