While poor reviews have some analysts convinced that Duncan Jones' Warcraft adaptation will fail to rise above $30 million in its opening weekend here at home, the fantasy video game film is invading international box offices with gusto. In fact, the film is already setting records in one of the world's biggest markets: China, where an estimated 10 million "World of Warcraft" fans are expected to turn out to see this big-screen spectacle.

Warcraft might not win the opening frame in the States this weekend, since New Line's The Conjuring 2 and Lionsgate's Now You See Me 2 opening, along with a second frame for Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, but perhaps a round of sequelitis will hit movie-going audiences, making them more eager to seek out the big, bold fantasy epic. That's certainly the hope, but with China clearing the way for a big box office performance, the domestic performance might not be the end all, be all.