China s box office revenue during the five-day May Day holiday ending on Wednesday hit a record high of nearly 1.67 billion yuan (about 258 million U.S. dollars).
It beat the 1.61 billion yuan in ticket sales from May 1 to May 5, 2019, data from the China Film Administration shows.
The latest gains from the holiday, usually a lucrative movie season in China, further the market s robust growth in 2021 that started with record-high New Year s Day earnings, bringing the box office total since the beginning of this year to approximately 22.3 billion yuan.
Movie theaters across China over the five-day period saw a total of more than 44 million moviegoers, according to official figures.
2021-05-06 09:10:58 GMT2021-05-06 17:10:58(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) China s box office revenue during the five-day May Day holiday ending on Wednesday hit a record high of nearly 1.67 billion yuan (about 258 million U.S. dollars).
It beat the 1.61 billion yuan in ticket sales from May 1 to May 5, 2019, data from the China Film Administration shows.
The latest gains from the holiday, usually a lucrative movie season in China, further the market s robust growth in 2021 that started with record-high New Year s Day earnings, bringing the box office total since the beginning of this year to approximately 22.3 billion yuan.
Record holiday box office mirrors Chinese movie market recovery
Xinhua
06 May 2021, 13:30 GMT+10
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) China s box office revenue during the five-day May Day holiday ending on Wednesday hit a record high of nearly 1.67 billion yuan (about 258 million U.S. dollars). It beat the 1.61 billion yuan in ticket sales from May 1 to 5, 2019, data from the China Film Administration shows. The latest gains from the holiday, usually a lucrative movie season in China, further the market s robust growth in 2021 that started with record-high New Year s Day earnings, bringing the box office total since the beginning of this year to approximately 22.3 billion yuan.
Holiday box office revenue hits 1 6b yuan archive.shine.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.shine.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2021-05-06 03:10:54 GMT2021-05-06 11:10:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) China s box office revenue during the five-day May Day holiday ending on Wednesday hit a record high of nearly 1.67 billion yuan (about 258 million U.S. dollars).
It beat the 1.61 billion yuan in ticket sales from May 1 to 5, 2019, data from the China Film Administration shows.
The latest gains from the holiday, usually a lucrative movie season in China, further the market s robust growth in 2021 that started with record-high New Year s Day earnings, bringing the box office total since the beginning of this year to approximately 22.3 billion yuan. My Love, a romantic drama from Enlight Pictures, topped the 2021 five-day May Day holiday sales chart, having amassed about 511 million yuan. It was immediately followed by Cliff Walkers, renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou s first foray into the spy genre, which grossed 504 million yuan.