Alibaba Pictures, which participated in the distribution of Leap and Detective Chinatown 3, fell 13%.
China’s biggest film weekend of the year has been derailed by the crisis over the coronavirus outbreak gripping the country, with a knock-on effect of wrecking a major effort by the Chinese film industry to penetrate the international box office.
Plans for Detective Chinatown 3 were even bigger, with 47 venues in the UK and 150 in North America.
Wanda Film Holding Co, the studio behind Detective Chinatown 3, dropped 21% in the four-trading-day week, declining as much as 7% on Thursday alone.