While it took the rest of the galaxy by storm, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" faced an uphill climb in China, whose moviegoers had less familiarity with the franchise when it opened there Saturday. And despite a massive PR push by the Walt Disney Co. — including placing 500 Stormtroopers on the Great Wall — the film's performance was lukewarm.

"It's not hitting with the new Chinese audiences," he said. "A lot of the young moviegoers who are driving the box office aren’t finding the plot engaging. There's been reports that they're sleeping in the theater."

"They called it the biggest Saturday opening ever," he said. "The thing is, movies never open on Saturdays. And it's just been sliding since that opening day."
poor local star wars fans


http://www.ibtimes.com/star-wars-put...omenal-2261877

It's still broken records. Their poor taste doesn't reflect upon the movie's overall slayage.

What if they weren't sleeping...

Lol, their loss.

so its confirmed: chinese people have no taste

The Chinese may go to the cinema room to sleep but they payed to enter, talent still wins!

The movie is not bad enough to put you to sleep but not good enough either to keep you on the edge of your seat.

The film is an exercise in nostalgia and a large part of its appeal comes from seeing elements of the OT return, so it won't be nearly as engaging for audiences who were never exposed to those films.

Oop. Clock them

Jesus Christ

................. how dare you

nooo

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why are people so obsessed with Star Wars's performance in China, tho?

girl

WaiT I'm gasping

You are a mess

IKR???
Didn't they shrink the poC characters? Nty

i feel asleep too only for about 5 minutes, but yeah this is not the film everyone made it out to be.