Beijing: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties grossed $5.8 million in its first three weeks in China, breaking the Chinese box office record for an animated film held by The Lion King for 12 years.
The animation directed by Tim Hill debuted in cinemas on August 11, taking in $1.74 million in the first weekend, $750,000 more than Ice Age 2, another Fox animation distributed in China in March.
The Garfield craze continued in the second week, generating $2.5 million in ticket sales, although the third week saw its takings halved.
Before Garfield, The Lion King, made by Disney, held the record of $5.12 million for 12 years, Beijing News reported.
However, another Disney animation with high box office expectations, Cars, opened last weekend, taking merely $1.35 million.
Some cinema managers say Cars opened at the wrong time
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