It's been a box office blockbuster. With over 1.6 billion dollars in sales worldwide, Avatar is on course to be the biggest, most successful film of all time. Even in China where the movie theater infrastructure is still developing, especially outside major cities, it's already the most successful film ever shown.

It's taken over 80 million dollars nationwide, and theaters - at least those with 3D facilities - up and down the country have been sold out solidly for much of Avatar's run.

Now as we heard yesterday on BON News, the long awaited film on the life of Confucius opened up in cinemas across the country this weekend. But to mixed reviews so far. And there is still the lingering controversy over the pulling of 2D versions of the US blockbuster Avatar to make room for the Chinese historical biopic.

In his blog, Han Han says that after watching the film he would give it a miserly two out of ten. One to encourage Chow Yun-fat, as he's normally a good actor. And one because the director is a woman, of which there are too few, and he wants to encourage her.

With all the fuss over the release of historical bio-pic, Confucius - and the Avatar 2D controversy - the latest vehicle for China's favorite comedy kung fu artist, Jackie Chan, has been virtually overlooked.

Jackie Chan's latest film hit Chinese screens a week before Confucius, and while blockbuster Avatar was still in full flow.

In the mold of Chan's successful "Rush Hour" 1 & 2 movies, "The Spy Next Door" is a martial arts comedy action pic – of sorts. This time CIA agent Chan has to fight off Russian bad guys while looking after his girlfriend's kids. Chan, who spent last summer in Beijing filming Will Smith's remake of the Karate Kid seems to be moving towards the lucrative family market as he ages.

But with Avatar and Confucius battling it out, "The Spy Next Door" hasn't really caught Chinese movie goers' imagination - despite the best wishes of some theater managers.

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The Hollywood blockbuster Avatar is already the second-highest grossing movie worldwide. And despite the high ticket prices in China, the 3D attraction of feeling that you're right there among the action is pulling audiences back to the theaters.

Box office takings are only updated weekly here in China, but the movie is on course to become China’s highest ever grossing movie any day now, despite being released just two weeks ago.