Fox has landed a prime Nov. 25 opening date in China for its blockbuster space epic “The Martian,” the studio confirmed Thursday.
The Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi tale starring Matt Damon will debut on a Thursday, five days after “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2,” opens and two weeks after the James Bond film “Spectre” rolls out on Nov. 13. It will be the final live-action U.S. film released in China this year, with only Paramount’s animated “SpongeBob Squarepants” to follow.
That sounds crowded, but it could have been much worse for Fox. Chinese officials have in the past set release dates that pitted U.S.