Forget ‘Deadpool': A bizarre mermaid movie in China made $276.7 million in a week

While the U.S. obsessed over Ryan Reynolds as a snarky superhero in “Deadpool” last weekend, a kitschy movie about mermaids helped China set box office records.











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