In the blink of an eye, it was September 18th. *Hero* had already finished its run in North America. Thanks to Zhang Tiancheng beating the drums in the newspapers, its box office surpassed the original timeline by over 7 million, reaching 61 million US dollars.
Back home, the debate over whether Zhang Yimou was the premier director in the Chinese-speaking world had long since vanished.
As for the outcome of that debate? There was none.
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