Blockbusters that debuted during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday smashed several box office records, raking in $1.2 billion — one of the largest box office takings in history.
The Spring Festival box office on the Chinese mainland has notched up another 1.6 billion yuan (around 248.4 million U.S. dollars). It follows beating 2019's record of 5.9 billion yuan on Monday.
China's box office revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan (US$1.55 billion) as of 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, a figure surpassing half of the total earnings of 2020, showed data compiled by the China Movie Data Information Network.
Box office takings on the Chinese mainland during the Spring Festival holiday have broken records, with the tally surpassing 6 billion yuan (over 931 million U.S. dollars) on Monday evening, according to China Film News.
"Detective Chinatown 3" led China's box office on Saturday, raking in more than 807 million yuan (125.3 million U.S. dollars), or nearly 60 percent of the daily total.