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Universal\u2019s \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d debuted at the No. 1 spot at the China box office during the July 3\u20135 weekend, grossing RMB111.5 million ($16.4 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway.<\/p>\n
Taopiaopiao\u2019s sci-fi comedy \u201cKeep Real\u201d opened in second place, securing $10.5 million over the weekend frame. Including early previews, the film has reached a cumulative total of $11 million since its release. Written and directed by Xing Wenxiong, the satirical story stars Bai Jingting as Superman Wang Changhai, a superhero who is dispatched back to his hometown to form a combat squad. Facing a town where long-term peace has bred complex interpersonal networks and deep-rooted social courtesies, the naive hero must navigate high-stakes local etiquette and learn to develop his emotional intelligence with the help of a local branch director played by Wei Xiang.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Bona Film Group\u2019s historical war epic \u201cCrossing\u201d moved to third place in its second weekend of release, adding $6.4 million. The large-scale military drama, which commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Long March under the direction of Xu Zhanxiong, has now accumulated a lifetime total of $27.6 million.<\/p>\n A24\u2019s \u201cBackrooms\u201d was in fourth place with $4.7 million. The film has hit a cumulative total of $14.5 million.<\/p>\n Rounding out the top five, Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5\u201d brought in $3.1 million in its third weekend. The film has brought its cumulative box office haul in China to $36.9 million.<\/p>\n Mainland China\u2019s overall weekend grosses reached $47.8 million, while the 2026 year-to-date revenue stands at $2.61 billion, down 40.3% from the same period in 2025.<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Universal\u2019s \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d debuted at the No. 1 spot at the China box office during the July 3\u20135 weekend, grossing RMB111.5 million ($16.4 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway. Taopiaopiao\u2019s sci-fi comedy \u201cKeep Real\u201d opened in second place, securing $10.5 million over the weekend frame. Including early previews, the film has reached a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2489827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[490233,22481,372183,490232],"class_list":["post-2489826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bai-jingting","tag-china","tag-cumulative-total","tag-superman-wang-changhai"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/China-Box-Office-\u2018Minions-Monsters-Takes-Top-Spot-as.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489826","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=2489826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489828,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489826\/revisions\/2489828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}