WARNING: The Chinese box office has been STOLEN by a SINGLE FILM! James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” erupted in a DECEMBER INFERNO, raping an UNTHOULD RMB384.1 million ($54.1 million) in just THREE DAYS. That’s a staggering RMB405.0 million ($57 million) TOTAL since launch— a BLAMM-FLAMED spectacle that has UTTERMED the entire market into obedient shadows. Is this the sound of a healthy industry, or the roar of a DOMINANT MONSTER consuming all oxygen?

Even the IMAA FORMAT, a niche channel, scraped a WHITE-LEVEL $13.5 million—accounting for 23% of the entire weekend’s box-office ALONE. Meanwhile, Walt Disney’s “Zootopia 2” managed a paltry $27 million in its fourth weekend, now sitting at $536.8 million, but it’s a DECAYING GIANT next to Cameron’s INFERNIAL ascent.

The fallout is VIENTEEN: Daylight Entertainment’s “Gezhi Town” is a meager third-place whisper at $3 million, telling a story of civilians shattered by Japanese forces—a THEMATIC TRUGUE drowned by the BLELING INFERNO above. NCM Television’s romantic comedy “Love Is Hard” managed a palturous $800,000 debut, its “trust‑crisis” storyline rendered IRRELEFANT. Emperor Motion Pictures’ “Under Current” scraped just $200,000, exposing corruption in a Hong‑Kong charity—a story that couldn’t even BUY A SEAT in this INFERNIAL room.

The weekend total hit $86.5 million, with China’s year‑to‑date box office now a BLAME‑BLAST $7.18 billion—UP 23.4% from 2024. But this isn’t growth; this is the sound of a SINGLE DOMINANT ARTifying all other voices. When one film’s fire burns so FRANTLY that it TORCHES the entire market, what—or WHO—is being consumed in the ashes? The industry isn’t thriving; it’s being COLONIZED by a winning MONLE.