The Crawley family is set to take a tour through China. Downton Abbey, the film centering on the aristocratic British family, has been scheduled for release in Chinese theaters on December 13. The …
noted that there’s a “voracious appetite for British culture” in China because it is seen as a symbol of wealth and success.
“The nation is developing so quickly that the wealthy middle classes that numbered about a million a decade ago have now risen to 400 million and they are all looking for badges of their new-found wealth and status,” businessman Richard Craig, who trades in China, told the publication. Chinese fans will likely be thrilled with the film since it stars most of the original cast, including Maggie Smith, known to viewers as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. Other original cast members include Hugh Bonneville , Michelle Dockery , Laura Carmichael , Elizabeth McGovern , Allen Leech , Matthew Goode , Joanne Froggatt , Brendan Coyle , Robert James-Collier , Lesley Nicol , Sophie McShera , Phyllis Logan , Raquel Cassidy and Michael C. Fox .
The movie opened in North America in September and has raked in $95 million domestically. It’s been just as popular abroad, with the film earning a worldwide total of $179 million.
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