Faylar
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Despite poor numbers in China it still did well internationally @712,358,507 gross.
So it is still projecting to say it is a failure or that it bombed. Numbers really do not lie here. It was still an amazing overall success.
It also wasn't that far off the mark from the Force awakens in China (124,000,000). For a sequel it performed as expected. Sequeals (SinceTFA is considered the first of a trilogy) are not expected to beat the original but are reliable and expected to be able to ride the first film's success. They are a safe gamble and TLJ paid off in that respect.
International markets are not China alone, and it is rare that China will carry a film's success. Also it's not the type of movie that tends to do well in China, but does well in other markets like Britain.
So it is still projecting to say it is a failure or that it bombed. Numbers really do not lie here. It was still an amazing overall success.
It also wasn't that far off the mark from the Force awakens in China (124,000,000). For a sequel it performed as expected. Sequeals (SinceTFA is considered the first of a trilogy) are not expected to beat the original but are reliable and expected to be able to ride the first film's success. They are a safe gamble and TLJ paid off in that respect.
International markets are not China alone, and it is rare that China will carry a film's success. Also it's not the type of movie that tends to do well in China, but does well in other markets like Britain.