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China Film Group\u2019s patriotic war film \u201cThe Volunteers: Peace at Last\u201d topped the China box office over the Oct. 3\u20135 weekend, earning RMB168.2 million ($23.4 million), according to Artisan Gateway.<\/p>\n
The film, which commemorates the Chinese People\u2019s Volunteer Army entering the Korean War, stars Wu Jing and Zhang Ziyi and marks the third chapter in Chen Kaige\u2019s \u201cThe Volunteers\u201d trilogy. Its cumulative total now stands at $51.3 million. It released during China\u2019s National Day holiday week, collections during which were not as robust in previous years. The film placed fourth on the global box office chart, per Comscore.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Changying Film Group\u2019s \u201cEvil Unbound,\u201d directed by Zhao Linshan, moved to second place with $18.9 million. The World War II drama, centered on Japan\u2019s Unit 731 biological warfare program, has grossed $248.5 million after three weeks on release. The film placed fifth on the global box office chart.<\/p>\n \u201cA Writer\u2019s Odyssey 2,\u201d a sequel to Lu Yang\u2019s 2021 fantasy action hit, debuted in third position with $15.5 million. The Huace Pictures film continues the meta-narrative of intertwining fiction and reality, with Lei Jiayin reprising his role alongside Dong Zijian and Yang Mi. The film has collected $31.3 million since opening midweek. The film placed sixth on the global box office chart.<\/p>\n \u201cSound of Silence\u201d (Lian Ray Pictures) debuted fourth with $12.6 million and a running total of $14.7 million. The film is directed by Wan Li and stars Tan Jianci as a lawyer from a deaf family who takes on a high-profile fraud case affecting the hearing-impaired community, alongside Lan Xiya, Wang Ge, Wang Yanhui, Chi Peng and Pan Binlong. The film placed ninth on the global box office chart.<\/p>\n \u201cRow to Win\u201d (PMF Pictures) placed fifth on $11.7 million, lifting its cume to $23.9 million. Directed by Ma Lin and starring Huang Bo, Fan Chengcheng, Yin Tao and Li Jiaqi, the comedy-drama follows a coastal-town family \u2013 led by a once-tough patriarch \u2013 who rally together in hard times and push for a comeback. The film placed 10th on the global box office chart.<\/p>\n Nationwide weekend box office totaled $99.9 million, bringing China\u2019s 2025 year-to-date haul to $6.012 billion, up 19.1% versus the same period last year.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" China Film Group\u2019s patriotic war film \u201cThe Volunteers: Peace at Last\u201d topped the China box office over the Oct. 3\u20135 weekend, earning RMB168.2 million ($23.4 million), according to Artisan Gateway. The film, which commemorates the Chinese People\u2019s Volunteer Army entering the Korean War, stars Wu Jing and Zhang Ziyi and marks the third chapter in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2071546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[34204,22481,388274,372183,388275,388276],"class_list":["post-2071545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-box-office","tag-china","tag-china-film-group","tag-cumulative-total","tag-global-box-office-chart","tag-patriotic-war-film"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Peace-at-Last-Opens-at-No-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071547,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071545\/revisions\/2071547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}