Transformers: Age of Extinction is now the highest grossing film of all time in China. The movie was on pace to beat out Avatar, which earned $218 million in China back in 2010 when it was released.
The film, which was only released ten days ago, has already made $222.7 million in ticket sales,The Hollywood Reporter added.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction in China has now overtaken box office numbers in North America. The film has a strong influence from China, including locations and Chinese actors in the Transformers film.
The movie was seen on 338,793 screens with 17.72 million admissions since it has been released.
As a whole the movie has made $575.6 million in its first 12 days in release. Over $400 million of that grossing total comes from overseas ticket sales.
It took Avatar two months to gross $218 million at the box office, compared to the ten days it took Transformers to break the record, The Guardian reported.
Transformers: Age of Extinction stars Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, and Kelsey Grammer.
Watch the trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction here: