China Film Insider’s Jonathan Papish told IBT: “I don’t believe Warcraft can put up numbers near $400m because it is squarely targeted at a single demographic …
However, box-office analysts don’t expect Warcraft to trouble any Hollywood-import grossing records, such as Furious 7’s total of $390m, let alone domestic record holder The Mermaid, which finished with $526m earlier this year.
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If a Warcraft sequel is to be greenlit, it would follow in the steps of Pacific Rim 2, which appeared to be stalled until the Chinese takeover of Legendary.