The Chinese film DETECTIVE CHINATOWN 3 is heading for a world record opening as it looks to smash all opening day box office records seen in any country. The record till date stands as the $157 million of AVENGERS: ENDGAME in North America and DETECTIVE CHINATOWN 3 had already collected $100m in advance for day one.

The figures at 1 pm China time stand at around $131 million and that $157 million figure looks a sitting duck for the film. It is way ahead of the recent big opening days seen in China which are around the $60m mark. AVENGERS: ENDGAME opened at $66 million, CRAZY ALLEN opened at $64 million and AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR is $60 million. DETECTIVE CHINATOWN 3 has already more than doubled these opening days and there is more to come.

The numbers are just phenomenal and if things go well, DETECTIVE CHINATOWN 3 will maybe have a $400 million plus weekend which has never been seen before anywhere in the world. AVENGERS: ENDGAME grossed around $357 million over its first weekend.

There is hardly any interest in India as to what a Chinese film is doing in China but these numbers are of huge importance to Hollywood as we see simultaneous theatrical and PVOD releases for major films. The way the Chinese market is going it to be the biggest market in the world and as seen with WONDER WOMAN 1984, these PVOD releases make a dent in China and you just cant afford to do that with the tent-pole Hollywood films as the revenue is just too big.