--- title: "Digits: Dino millionaires, 305m bottles of Champagne, and Chinese films. - The Hustle" description: "PLUS: Netflix jumps when Facebook falls, and F1 comes to America." image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/2100075782-News-Brief_2021-10-25T000742.290Z.webp --- # Digits: Dino millionaires, 305m bottles of Champagne, and Chinese films. ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: October 25, 2021 Updated: October 11, 2023 **1)** “Battle of Lake Changjin,” a Chinese movie about soldiers fighting US forces during the Korean War, is on track to be 2021’s 2nd-highest-grossing film, with a total box office of [**$843m**](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/battle-at-lake-changjin-china-box-office-2-1235032847/). Unsurprisingly, it’s made [**$0 outside of China**](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Zhang-jin-hu-(2021-China)/China#tab=international). ![Digits: Dino millionaires, 305m bottles of Champagne, and Chinese films.](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/2100075782-News-Brief_2021-10-25T000742.290Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=2100075782-News-Brief_2021-10-25T000742.290Z.webp) **2)** There’s a new rodeo in town, as Formula 1 racing went to Austin this week. The sport’s American fan base has grown 40% to [**~50m people**](https://www.sportico.com/business/sports-betting/2021/f1-us-popularity-grows-gridrival-betting-funding-1234644186/) since 2018. **3)** When Facebook crashed the other week, Netflix engagement [**spiked 14%**](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/netflix-nflx-q3-2021-earnings.html). We now know that humans can rapidly adapt to other forms of procrastination in times of crisis. **4)** It’s poppin’. Following a dry 2020 during which the global Champagne industry sold 244m bottles — an 18% drop —  they now expect to sell [**305m bottles**](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/22/champagne-sales-surge-close-to-levels-seen-before-covid-pandemic.html) in 2021. **5)** A 66m-year-old South Dakotan native, Big John — the largest triceratops fossil ever found — sold last week at a Paris auction for [**$7.74m**](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58998367). His cousin, Stan the T. rex, sold for $31.8m last year. 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