LOS ANGELES, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Disney's upcoming China-set live-action movie "Mulan" is expected to bring in at least 85 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend in the United States later this month, a U.S. entertainment industries magazine reported on Thursday.
The movie would become the biggest opening of 2020 to date, exceeding Sony's action comedy "Bad Boys for Life" which harvested 62.5 million dollars in the opening weekend in January, The Hollywood Reporter said.
"Mulan," which cost 200 million dollars to make, is Disney's first live-action remake of animated classics to be given a PG-13 rating in the United States.
Based on the legend of an ancient Chinese heroine, Hua Mulan, the film is a live action adaptation of Disney's 1998 animated film of the same name.
Mulan, according to the folk legend, lived during a tumultuous era of Chinese history more than 1,400 years ago. She disguised herself as a man to serve in the army in place of her aged father and fight for the country.
Directed by Niki Caro, the film stars Liu Yifei as the title role following a year-long global casting, with Gong Li as a powerful and dangerous witch, Donnie Yen as an army commander, and Jet Li as the emperor of China.
The new version is set to hit U.S. theaters on March 27.
