Tenet had a so so start in China as it collected a little under $8 million on its first day. This is below expectations as the weekend was expected to be over $40 million but that looks far off now with a $25 million weekend on the cards depending on how the next two days go.

The film was not even the top film on Friday as local film The Eight Hundred grossed $8.28m compared to the $7.82m of Tenet. This Chinese patriotic film has gone to over $325 million now as the Chinese come out in a big way. A patriotic film may well be the order of the day in China at the moment because of how the rest of the world is seeing China at the moment.

Coming back to Tenet the Chinese market has not scored like other International markets and it could struggle to reach the $68 million that was done by Nolan's Inception in 2010. The film also had a release in USA on Thursday and the hope is for a $30 million labour day weekend total. In many major american cities the theatres are still shut.

The film was not even the top film on Friday as local film The Eight Hundred grossed $8.28m compared to the $7.82m of Tenet. This Chinese patriotic film has gone to over $325 million now as the Chinese come out in a big way. A patriotic film may well be the order of the day in China at the moment because of how the rest of the world is seeing China at the moment.

Coming back to Tenet the Chinese market has not scored like other International markets and it could struggle to reach the $68 million that was done by Nolan's Inception in 2010. The film also had a release in USA on Thursday and the hope is for a $30 million labour day weekend total. In many major american cities the theatres are still shut.