Akshay Kumar’s 2.0 Release In China Gets Stalled, Distributors Not Confident About Its Potential

Akshay Kumar’s 2.0’s release in China seems to be in hot water now. According to some sources, the release of the film in the Chinese market is getting stalled as distributors are not really sure if it can make the expected money at the Chinese box-office.

A source close to the incident revealed the reason why. The source explained, “2.0 will be distributed in China by HY Media, who also released Pad Man. It was an underperformer at the Chinese box office and HY Media lost money on this flick. 2.0 meanwhile has to make $25 million (Rs. 170 cr. approx.) in the neighboring country and only then it will emerge as a profitable venture for them. But these guys are not sure about its prospects, they don’t want to take a risk.”

The source also revealed why the distributors are apprehensive about 2.0’s fate at the Chinese box-office. The source reasoned, “2.0 has a good story and message about the horrors of radiation. But primarily, it’s a VFX-heavy film and moviegoers in China have seen many of it. The reason why Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Hindi Medium, etc. worked is because it provided with something that their own film or Hollywood flicks didn’t. 2.0 doesn’t have that same novelty value. And it’s a sequel of Robot, which people in China haven’t seen. Hence, they won’t be able to fully understand the plot. Same happened with Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. The first part had released in China but failed miserably. The sequel was seen by more people but it still didn’t work as many hadn’t seen Baahubali: The Beginning.”

The film starring two massive superstars Akshay Kumar and Rajnikanth released in India on 29^th November 2018 and the Hindi version managed to earn a massive Rs. 188 crores at the domestic box-office and was announced a super hit.