Constantin Film and Sony Pictures’ horror reboot “Resident Evil” secured its fourth consecutive weekend at number one across mainland China, grossing RMB28.5 million ($4.3 million) over the Oct. 30–Nov. 1 frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
Beijing Joy Fun Pictures’ family body-swap comedy “Mr. & Mrs. Pardon” moved to fourth place, taking $2 million over the weekend frame to lift its cumulative gross to $59 million. Directed by Shen Chunyang and written by Ma Duo, the satirical feature stars real-life comedic pair Shen Chunyang and Xiao Shenyang alongside Jia Bing and Yu Yang as a bickering middle-aged couple forced to navigate marriage and domestic friction after swapping bodies.
Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” rounded out the top five in its twelfth weekend of release, collecting $900,000. Directed by Wen Muye (“Dying to Survive”) and starring Shen Teng, Jiang Qiming, Aarif Rahman, and Omar Sherif, the enduring summer blockbuster has amassed a cumulative total of $356.9 million since launching on Aug. 11.
Mainland China’s overall weekend box office gross slid to $18.2 million, as the market remained locked in a quiet post-holiday fall corridor. The 2026 year-to-date box office reached $4.73 billion, down 29.0% compared to the same period in 2025.
