Disney ‘Mulan’ Earns $23.2 Million in Lackluster China Debut
- Live-action remake has been plagued by political controversy
- ‘Tenet’ made $6.7 million in second weekend in North America
“Mulan,” the controversial Walt Disney Co. film about a girl who fights as a man to save her father and country, took in a lackluster $23.2 million during its debut in Chinese theaters.
The opening weekend number puts it on the low end of other Disney films in the country and below “Tenet,” the Christopher Nolan spy thriller that generated $30 million in box office receipts in its China debut last weekend. The results bring the film’s total international box office to $37.6 million, Disney said.