Chinese box office surpasses 330 million dollars in the weekend of the year

BEIJING, Jan.6 (Xinhua) – China’s box office sales from Dec. 28, 2020 to Jan.3 this year exceeded 2.13 billion yuan (about $ 330 million), up 93 percent week-on-week. .

More than 56 million viewers visited theaters during these seven days, also marking a 93 percent increase over the previous week, according to data compiled by China Film News.

Both the weekly box office earnings and the capacity figure saw notable growth compared to the same period last year, increasing by more than 80 and 70 percent, respectively.

The Chinese family film “A Little Red Flower”, released on December 31, topped the box office last week with a gross of more than 760 million yuan.

The success of the drama helped China’s New Year’s Day ticket sales reach 600 million yuan, a record for holidays, contributing more than 40 percent of the daily total, according to the China Information Network. China Film Data.

Movie data platform Maoyan predicted that “A Little Red Flower” will reach total revenue at the Chinese box office of 1.4 billion yuan. So far, its collection is located at 850 million yuan.

China’s box office in 2020 was 20.4 billion yuan, and the top 10 movies in terms of revenue were taken by domestic productions, according to official figures.

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