Early the next morning, a few media outlets reported that *City of Life and Death* had grossed 8.5 million on its opening day.
The trouble at Paradise Nightclub completely drained Jia Hong and his associates of any energy to care about *City of Life and Death*, and that 8.5 million box office figure was entirely uninflated.
An opening day of 8.5 million would have been considered decent in the past, but in the wake of the financial crisis, it was a very low figure.
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