The Force does not seem to be with the “Star Wars” franchise in China.
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” opened to just $30.6 million on the first weekend of its January 6 release, according to Chinese movie analytics firm Artisan Gateway.
The film topped Chinese-langauge movies “Some Like It Hot” and “Railroad Tigers” in what was a quiet weekend for the Chinese box office — but lagged well behind the $52.6 million debut for “The Force Awakens” last year.
Still, “The Force Awakens” managed to run up a solid but unspectacular $124 million in China, one of the few markets where the film was a relative disappointment.