The film continues the Chinese legend of two snake spirits with magical powers, who are able to take on human form after achieving immortality, and choose to live in the physical world as beautiful women.
The sequel is predicted to gross around $77m according to Maoyan.
Two of the eight films to gross more than RMB1bn are US studio titles – Universal’s F9: The Fast Saga and Warner Bros’ Godzilla vs Kong.
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