'Hulk' bulks up at Chinese box office

Olympic audience return to theaters

By CLIFFORD COONAN

BEIJING -- Chinese auds are starting to emerge from their Olympic slumber and getting back into the theaters, and the first beneficiary has been "The Incredible Hulk," which took in 24 million yuan ($3.5 million) in its opening weekend, local media reported.

This is more than double than the $1.5 million that its predecessor "The Hulk" took in 2003, even though the movie was helmed by a Taiwanese director, Ang Lee.