Ticket revenue in North America totaled $4.71 billion, up 10.2 percent from last summer, but a competition glut hurt films that could have been hits in a thinner field.
Approaching $100 million at the box office there, the film was the target of an editorial in China Daily, which said Chinese elements were added to trick the audience.
Hollywood blockbusters appeared poised last year to take over China’s box office, but something unexpected happened on the way to the bank: demand tapered off sharply.
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