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China’s most expensive movie becomes a disaster at the box office : Watch Trailer

Alibaba Pictures of China decided to make Chinese Baahubali, the ‘Asura’ of China’s most expensive film was made at a cost of around 726 crores (or roughly 75 million yuan). 

As soon as the film ‘Asura’ flops, Alibaba has removed it after the week before the cinemas. In the first week of this film, only 50 million yuan earned 50 million yuan. This movie of Alibaba is inspired by Buddhist mythology, protects a cowboy kingdom from attack in it.

With a $113 million (S$154 million) budget, the most expensive Chinese film ever made has become a flop of historic proportions, pulled from theatres on its opening weekend after bringing in a paltry $7.3 million.

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Alibaba Pictures’ special effects-heavy fantasy film “Asura” was intended as the first instalment in an epic trilogy inspired by Tibetan Buddhist mythology, part of a drive by authorities to promote works bearing elements of traditional Chinese culture.

The film cost 750 million yuan ($113.5 million) to make, state media said, and opened on Friday, but Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan said it only took in just over $7.3 million at the weekend.

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