{"id":547363,"date":"2021-05-31T18:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547363"},"modified":"2021-05-31T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:36:01","slug":"f9-crashes-at-the-chinese-box-office-despite-apology-from-john-cena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f9-crashes-at-the-chinese-box-office-despite-apology-from-john-cena\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018F9\u2019 Crashes At The Chinese Box Office Despite Apology From John Cena"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ff9-crashes-at-the-chinese-box-office-despite-apology-from-john-cena%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/F9.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>It turns out John Cena\u2019s apology to the Chinese Communist government for referring to Taiwan as a \u201ccountry\u201d may have been for naught.<\/p>\n<p>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/f9-china-box-office-poor-reviews-john-cena-controversy-1234961123\/\"> The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> (THR), the latest installment in the \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d franchise, \u201cF9,\u201d dropped 85% in the Chinese box office during its second weekend following a strong opening of $136 million one week prior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two laps, the Vin Diesel\/John Cena action flick has totaled $185.3 million. That\u2019s slightly ahead of where franchise spinoff <em>Hobbs &#038; Shaw<\/em>\u00a0was sitting at a similar point in its China run, but far weaker than the preceding franchise mainstays\u00a0<em>Furious 7<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Fate of the Furious<\/em>, which topped out at $390.9 million in 2015 and $392.8 million in 2017, respectively,\u201d reported THR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChinese ticketing app Maoyan currently projects <em>F9<\/em> to finish at $211.9 million \u2014 certainly not a number to slouch at but far inferior to the franchise\u2019s recent heights, especially since China\u2019s theatrical market is back to full earning capacity,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, one of the film\u2019s chief stars, John Cena, ignited a firestorm across the internet, angering both the left and the right when he issued a groveling apology to China, in Mandarin, for having referred to Taiwan as an independent country \u2014 a statement of objective fact \u2014 in a previous interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi China, I\u2019m John Cena. I\u2019m in the middle of Fast and Furious 9 promotions. I\u2019m doing a lot of interviews. I made a mistake in one of my interviews. Everyone was asking me if I could use Chinese \u2013 [movie] staff gave me a lot of information, so there was a lot of interviews and information,\u201d he said in a video posted to the Chinese social network Weibo. \u201cI made one mistake. I have to say something very, very, very important now. I love and respect China and Chinese people. I\u2019m very, very sorry about my mistake. I apologize, I apologize, I\u2019m very sorry. You must understand that I really love, really respect China and the Chinese people. My apologies. See you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Practically no one, not even men as far-left as Keith Olbermann and Stephen Colbert, defended Cena\u2019s apology; the wrestler-turned-actor was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-cena-blasted-after-apologizing-to-china-china-just-neutered-him-for-the-entire-world-to-see\">universally mocked<\/a> all over social media.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not John Cena\u2019s \u201cgaffe\u201d had anything to do with the film\u2019s sudden box office drop has yet to be determined. As THR noted, the Chinese box office fluctuates rather quickly if negative word-of-mouth spreads. Though the \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d franchise has been a favorite of the Chinese people for several years, \u201cF9\u201d has been \u201chit by withering reviews from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts social scores on Maoyan are 7.5 and 5.5 on Douban \u2014 lower than most major titles released this year,\u201d noted THR. \u201d Still, earlier in its run the film was forecasted to earn significantly more, and Cena\u2019s public relations debacle certainly hasn\u2019t helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-cena-blasted-after-apologizing-to-china-china-just-neutered-him-for-the-entire-world-to-see\">John Cena Blasted After Apologizing To China: \u2018China Just Neutered\u2019 Him \u2018For The Entire World To\u00a0See<\/a>\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div id=\"post-body-text\" readability=\"32.04347826087\">\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"10.68115942029\">\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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