Fantasy film "Warcraft" has opened in China, delivering the biggest opening day ever for a non-holiday release in the world's second largest movie market.

 

魔幻电影《魔兽》已在中国上映，在这个世界上第二大电影市场创造了非节假日时期最大规模的首映日。
 

 

Ticket sales achieved 46 million dollars on its first day of play in China, propelling its international running total to over 120 million dollars heading into this week's release in North America.

 

The film tells the story of human civilization resisting invasion from a fearsome race of orc invaders¹ who want to colonize² them.

 

The movie, adapted from the popular Warcraft game franchise³, has a devoted⁴ fan base in China.

 

The strong launch is also believed to be a windfall for billionaire Wang Jianlin's Legendary⁵ Entertainment, co-producer of the film.

 

Wang's Wanda Group owns Legendary after paying 3.5 billion dollars for the content creator at the start of the year. Gaming giant Tencent Holdings also owns a portion of Warcraft.

 

The previous China opening day record is 28 million dollars was set by Avengers: Age Of Ultron last year.

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