1. "Tenet"

Warner Bros.' sci-fi action film "Tenet" was the top-grossing foreign film in China in 2020, raking in 456 million yuan. However, even that taking was not able to see it crack China's top 10 high-est-grossing films for the year, a list entirely occupied by China's domestic releases, and instead placed 11th. The sci-fi action spectacle from esteemed British director Christopher Nolan proved too complicated for many audiences — not only in China — to understand and connect with.