"The Wandering Earth 2" lost to Indian movies at North American box office

Six days after its release, the North American box office of "The Wandering Earth 2" was released. According to data provided by Boxofficemojo, the film took in $372,000 (about 2.52 million RMB) on Friday, January 27, ranking 11th. It lost to "Pashtun" from India, which took in $1.87 million (about 12.7 million RMB) and ranked 4th.

Perhaps the statistical time is relatively lagging. Boxofficemojo shows that "The Wandering Earth 2" has been released in 160 theaters in North America for 6 days, but the cumulative box office is also 372,000 US dollars. It is not known whether the data has been updated on Monday Beijing time.

"Pashtun" is a work from Bollywood, India, mainly in Hindi, and was released in North America on January 25. It opened in 694 theaters, with a single theater box office of $2,694;

"The Wandering Earth 2" is mainly spoken in Mandarin Chinese. It was released in North America on January 22, opening in 160 theaters with a single theater box office of $2,325.

The "attendance rate" of the two films ranked first and second respectively, but due to the limited number of theaters showing them, the total box office was not too high. Neither of the two films was rated in the United States (they were rated in Canada), so the scale of their release was destined to be small.

The new films released in North America this weekend are all small and medium-sized productions. In addition to "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Pashtun", there are also documentaries "Billy Eilish: Live at the O2 (Extended Edition)" and "Infinity Pool", which ranked 8th and 9th with US$1.1 million and US$1.29 million respectively.