Over the course of the 2010s, the already expansive Chinese film industry has grown substantially, particularly in terms of box office receipts.
Monster Hunt, The Mermaid, Wolf Warrior II, all of these Chinese blockbusters have amassed the type of gargantuan box office sums normally seen only by the North American grosses of James Cameron and Star Wars movies. The newest Chinese blockbuster to procure this level of massive box office success is
The Wandering Earth, which currently stands as the biggest movie of 2019 at the worldwide box office. A mash-up of
Mortal Engines, The Day After Tomorrow and
2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wandering Earth is far more tedious than any combination of those three films should ever be.
