Expend4bles (4) Leads Box Office in China

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Expend4bles, Millennium Films' latest action-packed entry in the Expendables franchise, opened top in China with an estimated $10.9m through JL Vision and sub-distributed via Alibaba.

Prior China opening weekends in the 13-year-old series could not be ascertained at time of writing, although Expendables 3 finished in China on an unadjusted $72.9m after opening in 2014.

The latest exploits by the mercenaries reunites Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, and Randy Couture for the first time in nine years alongside Iko Uwais, Tony Jaa, Megan Fox, and Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson. Expend4bles opens in North America this week via Lionsgate.

Wish Pictures' thriller Dust To Dust directed by Jonathan Li placed second over the weekend in China on $10.6m for a $44.2m tally after two weekends, according to Artisan Gateway. The film premiered at Shanghai International Film festival in June.

In third place was Universal's Oppenheimer on $4.3m for an excellent $54.3m running total. Dirty Monkey's summer smash No More Bets added $4m to rank fourth and stands at $527.1m. Rounding out the top five was Wishart Media's new release Tainted Love on $3.2m. Ma Yingxin directed the psychological drama about a woman who sets out to find the truth after she is cheated in a romance scam.