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The world premiere of Logan was held during the Berlin film festival－an event usually for art-house titles－adding to its serious appeal.

"For us, it is a movie about humans more than superheroes," says Jackman.

Some critics reckon Logan, also an attractive story to moviegoers not interested in Marvel comic books, has so far been the best ever X-Men movie.

For Chinese movie fans, it acts more as a nostalgic journey, in the wake of recent news about Jackman's struggle with skin cancer as he wrote on Twitter about his treatment.

By raking in more than 400 million yuan ($58 million) in six days, Logan is now topping the country's box-office charts. On Douban, one of China's most popular movie review sites, it received 8.5 of 10 points.

Related merchandise is making money as well.