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TERMINATOR GENISYS (2015): 5th TERMINATOR Film sets Record in China

Ill be back thanks to China

The Terminator Genisys is the fourth biggest debuting U.S. movie in China’s History. In the U.S. and Canada, Terminator Genisys is considered a “malfunctioning” feature film. Terminator Genisys may have been one the most anticipated films of the year with Jurassic World and Inside Out, but it ended up flopping at the box-office with a $27 million opening weekend and critics slamming it as much as Terminator: Salvation. However, just because it didn’t do well in North America, all hope is not lost for the old T-800. The movie-making model has changed, however, since the first Terminator film graced the big screen. In the new paradigm, films are not dead or considered financial failures until they have premiered in movie theaters in foreign markets.

The fourth Terminator movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger just went through its opening weekend in China and set a new record to become the fourth biggest debut for a U.S. film in that country, right under Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Furious 7. Ironically, the movie even managed to beat Jurrasic World.

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This could be a good sign for the franchise. In a way, Paramount, the distributor of the film, is looking at it the way Fox is with Fantastic Four. Terminator Genisys bombed in the U.S. but they’re not giving up on it. There is a planned sequel to be released on May 19, 2017 and another by 2019.

Terminator: Genisys also starred Courtney B. Vance, Michael Gladis, Sandrine Holt, Matt Smith, Aaron V. Williamson., J.K. Simmons, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Byung Hun Lee, Matt Smith, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Gregory Alan Williams, Bryant Prince, and Teri Wyble.

Terminator: Genisys‘ plot details: “Sarah Connor isn’t the innocent she was when Linda Hamilton first sported feathered hair and acid-washed jeans in the role. Nor is she Hamilton’s steely zero body-fat warrior in 1991’s T2. Rather, the mother of humanity’s messiah was orphaned by a Terminator at age 9. Since then, she’s been raised by…Schwarzenegger’s Terminator—an older T-800 she calls “Pops”—who is programmed to guard rather than to kill. As a result, Sarah is a highly trained antisocial recluse who’s great with a sniper rifle but not so skilled at the nuances of human emotion.”

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Mathieu Brunet

My name is Mathieu Brunet (it's French) and I have been an independent film critic for the past 5 years. My passion is animation and I've been writing and making my own video reviews of animated features on my YouTube channel (ElectricDragon505), which now has about 55,000 subscribers, housing videos with total views over 20,000,000. I am the creator of Electric Dragon Productions which includes AniMat's Reviews and AniMat's Classic Reviews.
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