Wolf Warrior 2 faced many many competitions.
At the very beginning, few people in industry believed it could win over The Founding of an Army, which opened on the same weekend. But WW2 did best opening ever for a local movie.
On the next weekend, Alibaba Pictures released their fantasy-romance blockbuster Once Upon a Time. Although the movie sucked, it was a period that YA movies and young idols enjoyed their best time for milking those under 25. With great marketing and distribution, it was supposed to top ¥1,000M lifetime. But Wolf Warrior 2 kept ruling the market with nearly ¥1,100M on its second weekend.
On the third weekend, Wolf Warrior 2 still hold NO.1 though three major local titles opened. On the fourth weekend, it won again after new movie Paradox topped THU & FRI. First HLW title in later AUG Valerian came on WW2's fifth weekend. Dunkirk actioned on the sixth weekend. Homecoming, War for the Planet of Apes were on board on the seventh and eighth weekend.