'The Hundred Regiments Offensive' tramples box office opponents in China

Series T-800 Robot in "Terminator Genisys." (Paramount Pictures)Before watching tanks rolling through Tiananmen Square in heart of the Chinese capital to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, mainland moviegoers flocked to support a movie about a famous battle during the war last week.

"The Hundred Regiments Offensive" topped the mainland box office by taking in $38.4 million, according to data from film industry consulting firm Artisan Gateway. In a country where movies can easily be banned from theaters, a patriotic movie strongly endorsed by authorities is capable of pulling in a large number of viewers, who are mostly organized or even forced by their companies or work…