These Chinese studio Gravity took on a “significant portion” of the budget, and the second most significant character in the story – a.k.a. second fiddle to Jason Statham – is star Li Bingbing, who, funny enough, has also been a part of the Resident Evil and Transformers franchises.
The action-adventure feature is debuting simultaneously in China this weekend, and the movie notably has a lot of influence from the country.
Obviously the folks at Warner Bros. would prefer that The Meg make a crazy amount of money in the United States, but with that probably not happening, the back-up plan is hoping that the rest of the worldwide audience connects with it.