User blog:Ceauntay/Jane Hoop Elementary broke China box office record

In China, Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush Part 2 brought the biggest opening ever taking in $61 million. The previous record was Transformers: Dark of the Moon with $57 million from last weekend for topping the country.

With $61 million, it helps its overseas weekend total to rise up to $75 million, bringing its total to a whooping $756 million so far in four weeks after its release. It was now the fourth highest-grossing film overseas behind Avatar, Titanic and Pirates of the Caribbean 4.

With $331 million domestically, it's up to $1.087 billion worldwide, making it fourth highest-grossing film worldwide behind Avatar, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the King. It was also the first Jane Hoop Elementary film to join the club.

With $75 million, it returned to the no. 1 spot overseas replacing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 with $66 million. Also reached $1 billion, it will likely to gross $730 million overseas next weekend when the film is poised to shatter records in China when the film opens on August 4, despite shatter records from almost all around the world including $169 million in it's opening weekend that broke The Dark Knight weekend with $158 million the exact three years ago.

Despite that opening, the film entered its second week in theaters and has fell heavy with 72 percent, making it one of the biggest drop ever for any blockbuster films. Transformers: Dark of the Moon will arrive to the $1 billion mark. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has pass the $1 billion mark earlier this summer.