Box office shows signs of recovery
1 year, 11 months ago

Box office shows signs of recovery

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A packed cinema enjoys Home Coming in Shanghai during the National Day holiday last year. The third year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 saw China's box office striving to cope with the impact of sporadic outbreaks, and in the process managing to generate a total annual revenue of around 30 billion yuan. Though much less than the previous year's 47 billion yuan, the amount still shows the advances made by domestic films in terms of improved quality and genre diversification in 2022 — all this despite the pandemic's influence, say industry observers. This achievement, in addition to a whopping 5.77 billion yuan revenue from the 2021 war blockbuster The Battle at Lake Changjin, saw the "Changjin" films become China's top-grossing film series ever, replacing the Detective Chinatown comedy movie franchise. Set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Changjin films have been hailed as a milestone of what experts are labeling "new mainstream films".They not only convey the prevalent values of Chinese society, like many previous patriotic movies, but also achieve impressive box-office results.

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Bright spots stand out in film market slump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bright spots stand out in film market slump

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"A Place Called Silence" is released on July 3, 2024. In the first half, box-office receipts totaled 23.77 billion yuan, down 9.51 percent year-on-year, and over 70 percent of the level reached in the same period of 2019. In the first half, China Film Co Ltd produced and released 18 films, netting 12.88 billion yuan at the box office, accounting …

Bright spots stand out in film market slump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bright spots stand out in film market slump

China Daily  

"A Place Called Silence" is released on July 3, 2024. In the first half, box-office receipts totaled 23.77 billion yuan, down 9.51 percent year-on-year, and over 70 percent of the level reached in the same period of 2019. In the first half, China Film Co Ltd produced and released 18 films, netting 12.88 billion yuan at the box office, accounting …

China's 2024 summer box office hits $1.63b
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China's 2024 summer box office hits $1.63b

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A poster of the film Alien: Romulus. China's 2024 summer box office -- from June 1 to Aug 31 -- grossed 11.64 billion yuan, having a total of 285 million admissions, according to statistics from the National Film Administration. Domestic films accounted for 8.48 billion yuan, representing 72.84 percent of the total box office revenue. The film's heightened tension and …

Qingdao's film hub contributes to global box office hits
4 months ago

Qingdao's film hub contributes to global box office hits

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chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: August 23, 2024 The latest global top 10 box office rankings for 2024 feature two films shot at the Qingdao Film and Television Base in Qingdao West Coast New Area: YOLO and Successor, which claimed the seventh and ninth spots with box office revenues of $498 million and $438 million, respectively. A screenshot of the 2024 global …

Domestic movies dominate top 10 of China's box office in 2023
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Domestic movies dominate top 10 of China's box office in 2023

China Daily  

Editor's note: The global movie market is gradually recovering from the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid this recovery, domestic movies in China have performed exceptionally well, consistently featuring in the global top 10 box office and dominating the national top 10 box office rankings in 2023. Two domestic movies among top 10 of global box office In the …

Spring festival earnings give film market shot in the arm
9 months, 1 week ago

Spring festival earnings give film market shot in the arm

China Daily  

People look at movie posters at a theatre in Beijing on Feb 15. DU LIANYI/CHINA DAILY Making proposals Buoyed by the film's huge success, members of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference expressed great confidence in the prospect of Chinese films while making proposals during the two sessions on how to better develop the industry …

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales
10 months ago

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales

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A moviegoer collects tickets from an automatic vending machine at a theater in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, February 16, 2024. During the Spring Festival holiday, watching movies is an increasingly popular activity for families and friends in China to celebrate their reunion, a trend that has contributed to the vibrancy of the country's film market in 2024. As of …

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales
10 months ago

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales

China Daily  

A moviegoer collects tickets from an automatic vending machine at a theater in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, February 16, 2024. During the Spring Festival holiday, watching movies is an increasingly popular activity for families and friends in China to celebrate their reunion, a trend that has contributed to the vibrancy of the country's film market in 2024. As of …

Hollywood films lose their appeal amid changing Chinese preferences
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood films lose their appeal amid changing Chinese preferences

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Visitors to a cinema in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, line up to buy tickets on New Year's Eve. "Hollywood's routine narrative style has lost its appeal in China," Zhi Feina, a professor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts, told China Daily. Zhi, a chief expert for the Chinese Film Industry Research Report, found that the decline in Hollywood movies' influence …

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024

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Cinemagoers check out movie posters at a screening venue in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Oct 2, 2023. Film and television industry China's total box office earnings for 2023 exceeded 54.91 billion yuan and nearly 1.3 billion tickets were sold in the year. During the three-day New Year holiday, the country's box office kicked off 2024 with a record-high revenue of …

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024

China Daily  

Cinemagoers check out movie posters at a screening venue in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Oct 2, 2023. Film and television industry China's total box office earnings for 2023 exceeded 54.91 billion yuan and nearly 1.3 billion tickets were sold in the year. During the three-day New Year holiday, the country's box office kicked off 2024 with a record-high revenue of …

每日一词|2023中国电影市场 Chinese film market in 2023
11 months, 2 weeks ago

每日一词|2023中国电影市场 Chinese film market in 2023

China Daily  

国家电影局1月1日发布数据，2023年我国电影总票房为549.15亿元，观影人次为12.99亿。其中，国产电影票房为460.05亿元，占比为83.77%。这显示中国电影市场发展持续复苏向好。 The Chinese film market has shown robust recovery momentum, with the total box office earnings for 2023 exceeding 54.91 billion yuan. Domestic productions have generated over 46 billion yuan in box office revenue, accounting for 83.77 percent of the national total. 2023年12月23日，观众在上海一影院内的取票机前扫码取票。图片来源：新华社 【知识点】 在优质内容供给与极大释放的观影需求共同推动下，2023年中国电影市场迎来强势复苏。2024年1月1日，灯塔研究院联合新华网发布《2023中国电影市场年度盘点报告》（以下简称“报告”）。报告显示，2023年票房相比过去三年大幅上涨七成、恢复至2017年水平，人次上涨六成，人均观影频次升至2.58次，预估全年城市院线观影总人数再度突破5亿大关。相比2020—2022年，中高频观影用户均有显著提升，相比2019年更多平时较少观影的低频用户走进电影院。观影习惯上看，2023年在较早的春节档助力下强势开局，中段暑期档强力推进、年度累计票房一度追进历史最高的2019年同期。虽然国庆档、贺岁档所在的第四季度节奏有所放缓，2023年档期贡献仍保持全年68%票房的高位，热门档期仍是观众一年观影的主要时段。用户画像显示，2023年女性观众占比攀升至58%，女性及成熟女性观影需求逐渐主导市场。下沉市场观影人次继续保持40%以上，三四线城市年票房双双突破100亿。 一系列利好举措为电影市场回暖提供助力。为支持电影行业发展，财政部、国家电影局联合发布公告称，自2023年5月1日至2023年10月31日免征国家电影事业发展专项资金。此外，国庆档期间，票补策略“重出江湖”，不少购票平台推出国庆档新片19.9元起特惠购票的宣传。 在分析人士看来，在扩内需促消费政策的持续发力下，电影作为线下消费的重要场景，内容供给品类逐步丰富，接下来的春节档有望接力延续火热势头。 【重要讲话】 假日旅游人潮涌动，电影市场红红火火，“村超”、“村晚”活力四射，低碳生活渐成风尚，温暖的生活气息、复苏的忙碌劲头，诠释了人们对美好幸福的追求，也展现了一个活力满满、热气腾腾的中国。 Tourist destinations are full of visitors on holidays, and the film …

China's domestic film industry ends 2023 on a stable recovery note
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China's domestic film industry ends 2023 on a stable recovery note

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A poster for The Wandering Earth II at a cinema in Haidian district, Beijing. Having the year-on-year increase surpassing a stunning 83 percent, China has witnessed the domestic film industry ending on a robust and stable recovery note in 2023. According to the China Film Administration, the overall box office of 2023 has reached 54.915 billion yuan, far exceeding the …

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds
1 year ago

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds

China Daily  

Kris Phillips and Jin Chen won the best actor and actress awards presented by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec 14. Approaching the end of 2023, China's film market has seen a polarized box-office ratio, with more than half of ticket revenues generated by the 10 highest-grossing blockbusters, according to a report released by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec …

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds
1 year ago

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds

China Daily  

Kris Phillips and Jin Chen won the best actor and actress awards presented by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec 14. Approaching the end of 2023, China's film market has seen a polarized box-office ratio, with more than half of ticket revenues generated by the 10 highest-grossing blockbusters, according to a report released by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec …

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds
1 year ago

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds

China Daily  

Kris Phillips and Jin Chen won the best actor and actress awards presented by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec 14. Approaching the end of 2023, China's film market has seen a polarized box-office ratio, with more than half of ticket revenues generated by the 10 highest-grossing blockbusters, according to a report released by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec …

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival

China Daily  

Poster for the Golden Rooster film festival. The 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, one of the country's most prestigious movie industry events, kicked off on Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, gathering many insiders and celebrities to discuss the prospects of the domestic film industry. The top attraction of the festival, the 36th …

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival

China Daily  

Poster for the Golden Rooster film festival. The 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, one of the country's most prestigious movie industry events, kicked off on Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, gathering many insiders and celebrities to discuss the prospects of the domestic film industry. The top attraction of the festival, the 36th …

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival

China Daily  

Poster for the Golden Rooster film festival. The 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, one of the country's most prestigious movie industry events, kicked off on Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, gathering many insiders and celebrities to discuss the prospects of the domestic film industry. The top attraction of the festival, the 36th …

China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan
1 year, 3 months ago

China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan

China Daily  

A poster of Never Say Never, a film that narrates the story of how wrestling changes the lives of children from the countryside, is seen at a cinema in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in July. BEIJING -- China's total box office soared to 20.62 billion yuan during the just-concluded summer vacation, setting a new record for the country's summer box office …

China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan
1 year, 3 months ago

China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan

China Daily  

A poster of Never Say Never, a film that narrates the story of how wrestling changes the lives of children from the countryside, is seen at a cinema in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in July. BEIJING -- China's total box office soared to 20.62 billion yuan during the just-concluded summer vacation, setting a new record for the country's summer box office …

From Chinese screens to the world
1 year, 6 months ago

From Chinese screens to the world

China Daily  

Jason Statham and Wu Jing, who star in the latest sci-fi movie Meg 2: The Trench, pose for a group photo on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 9. Industry insiders spoke about the rise of China's film industry and discussed how Chinese films and culture can be better shared …

From Chinese screens to the world
1 year, 6 months ago

From Chinese screens to the world

China Daily  

Jason Statham and Wu Jing, who star in the latest sci-fi movie Meg 2: The Trench, pose for a group photo on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 9. Industry insiders spoke about the rise of China's film industry and discussed how Chinese films and culture can be better shared …

Box-office revenues jet toward recovery
1 year, 7 months ago

Box-office revenues jet toward recovery

China Daily  

Promotional materials of Born to Fly, one of the highest-grossing May Day holiday movies this year, at a cinema in Beijing on Monday. CHINA DAILY The record-breaking number of 18 new movies has set box-office coffers jingling this May Day holiday, demonstrating the Chinese film industry's continuing strong momentum toward recovery. Yu Chao, deputy general manager of Beijing's Capital Cinema, …

January box-office earnings hit record high
1 year, 10 months ago

January box-office earnings hit record high

China Daily  

A woman walks past movie posters in a cinema in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province on Jan 27, 2023. Buoyed by huge Spring Festival movie ticket sales, the first month of the 2023 took a giant leap to become the highest-grossing January of all time in China, according to the China Film Administration. The appealing lineup of seven new movies …

January box-office earnings hit record high
1 year, 10 months ago

January box-office earnings hit record high

China Daily  

A woman walks past movie posters in a cinema in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province on Jan 27, 2023. Buoyed by huge Spring Festival movie ticket sales, the first month of the 2023 took a giant leap to become the highest-grossing January of all time in China, according to the China Film Administration. The appealing lineup of seven new movies …

Year-ender: Top 10 box office hits of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Year-ender: Top 10 box office hits of 2022

China Daily  

The domestic film market hard-hit from the pandemic for almost three years is handing in an impressive report card. The Chinese film market saw a revenue of 30.07 billion yuan nationwide from some 712 million strong audiences, of which domestic films raked in 25.51 billion yuan, accounting for roughly 85 percent of the total box office, according to China Movie …

Year-ender: Top 10 box office hits of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Year-ender: Top 10 box office hits of 2022

China Daily  

The domestic film market hard-hit from the pandemic for almost three years is handing in an impressive report card. The Chinese film market saw a revenue of 30.07 billion yuan nationwide from some 712 million strong audiences, of which domestic films raked in 25.51 billion yuan, accounting for roughly 85 percent of the total box office, according to China Movie …

Box office shows signs of recovery
1 year, 11 months ago

Box office shows signs of recovery

China Daily  

People queue to enter a cinema in Lanzhou, Gansu province, to watch Avatar: The Way of Water, which is one of the two foreign titles that made it into the top 10 box-office rankings last year. LI YALONG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE The year's fifth top earner, with nearly 1.6 billion yuan, the patriotic action film Home Coming has received acclaim from …

Box office shows signs of recovery
1 year, 11 months ago

Box office shows signs of recovery

China Daily  

A packed cinema enjoys Home Coming in Shanghai during the National Day holiday last year. The third year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 saw China's box office striving to cope with the impact of sporadic outbreaks, and in the process managing to generate a total annual revenue of around 30 billion yuan. Though much less than the …

IMAX sees big profit in China's cinema industry
2 years, 3 months ago

IMAX sees big profit in China's cinema industry

China Daily  

The filming set of Moon Man, the highest-grossing blockbuster of this summer. With this summer becoming the highest-grossing box office season to top the same period over three years, the big-screen giant IMAX has On Thursday, IMAX China announced that its box office soared to 303 million yuan over the summer holiday period, up 34 percent year-on-year. Currently, a total …

IMAX sees big profit in China's cinema industry
2 years, 3 months ago

IMAX sees big profit in China's cinema industry

China Daily  

The filming set of Moon Man, the highest-grossing blockbuster of this summer. With this summer becoming the highest-grossing box office season to top the same period over three years, the big-screen giant IMAX has On Thursday, IMAX China announced that its box office soared to 303 million yuan over the summer holiday period, up 34 percent year-on-year. Currently, a total …

Beijing film festival honors industry giants
2 years, 4 months ago

Beijing film festival honors industry giants

China Daily  

Actress Qi Xi and Zhou Jiandong, vice president of China Film Producers Association, presented the award to Jiang Defu, CEO of Bona Film Group. Beijing Film Night, one of the highlights of the ongoing 12th Beijing International Film Festival, was held earlier in the Chinese capital this week, gathering more than 100 celebrities and industry insiders. China Film Co Ltd, …

Beijing film festival honors industry giants
2 years, 4 months ago

Beijing film festival honors industry giants

China Daily  

Actress Qi Xi and Zhou Jiandong, vice president of China Film Producers Association, presented the award to Jiang Defu, CEO of Bona Film Group. Beijing Film Night, one of the highlights of the ongoing 12th Beijing International Film Festival, was held earlier in the Chinese capital this week, gathering more than 100 celebrities and industry insiders. China Film Co Ltd, …

A bonanza summer for domestic movie market
2 years, 4 months ago

A bonanza summer for domestic movie market

China Daily  

Louis Koo's latest outing Warriors of Future has propelled the recovery of the Chinese movie market this summer. Propelled by Louis Koo's sci-fi epic Warriors of Future, the box office receipts in summer — a lucrative period for movie market — has surpassed 7 billion yuan, indicating a strong momentum of recovery. Marking itself as the biggest-budgeted Hong Kong movie, …

A bonanza summer for domestic movie market
2 years, 4 months ago

A bonanza summer for domestic movie market

China Daily  

Louis Koo's latest outing Warriors of Future has propelled the recovery of the Chinese movie market this summer. Propelled by Louis Koo's sci-fi epic Warriors of Future, the box office receipts in summer — a lucrative period for movie market — has surpassed 7 billion yuan, indicating a strong momentum of recovery. Marking itself as the biggest-budgeted Hong Kong movie, …

China records nearly 1.17 bln urban cinemagoers in 2021: report
2 years, 4 months ago

China records nearly 1.17 bln urban cinemagoers in 2021: report

China Daily  

China's urban cinemagoers numbered nearly 1.17 billion in 2021, up 113 percent from 2020 and ranking first globally, according to a report released on Thursday. The number has climbed to 67.6 percent of the level recorded in 2019, showing a robust recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, according to the report, which was released during the 36th Hundred Flowers Awards …

China records nearly 1.17 bln urban cinemagoers in 2021: report
2 years, 4 months ago

China records nearly 1.17 bln urban cinemagoers in 2021: report

China Daily  

China's urban cinemagoers numbered nearly 1.17 billion in 2021, up 113 percent from 2020 and ranking first globally, according to a report released on Thursday. The number has climbed to 67.6 percent of the level recorded in 2019, showing a robust recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, according to the report, which was released during the 36th Hundred Flowers Awards …

China tops global box office
2 years, 11 months ago

China tops global box office

China Daily  

With a bunch of domestic blockbusters in 2021 including 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Cliff Walkers and Hi, Mom, China's film industry has seen a robust recovery to retain its status as the world's largest movie market.CHINA DAILY Country holds position for second year as domestic offerings boost ticket sales while audience numbers grow and more blockbusters are produced, …

China tops global box office
2 years, 11 months ago

China tops global box office

China Daily  

With a bunch of domestic blockbusters in 2021 including 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Cliff Walkers and Hi, Mom, China's film industry has seen a robust recovery to retain its status as the world's largest movie market.CHINA DAILY Rise of patriotic works In the early 1990s when China started to import Hollywood blockbusters, a major concern centered on how …

China tops global box office
2 years, 11 months ago

China tops global box office

China Daily  

With a bunch of domestic blockbusters in 2021 including 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Cliff Walkers and Hi, Mom, China's film industry has seen a robust recovery to retain its status as the world's largest movie market.CHINA DAILY Country holds position for second year as domestic offerings boost ticket sales while audience numbers grow and more blockbusters are produced, …

China tops global box office
2 years, 11 months ago

China tops global box office

China Daily  

With a bunch of domestic blockbusters in 2021 including 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Cliff Walkers and Hi, Mom, China's film industry has seen a robust recovery to retain its status as the world's largest movie market.CHINA DAILY Rise of patriotic works In the early 1990s when China started to import Hollywood blockbusters, a major concern centered on how …

China tops global box office
2 years, 11 months ago

China tops global box office

China Daily  

With a bunch of domestic blockbusters in 2021 including 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Cliff Walkers and Hi, Mom, China's film industry has seen a robust recovery to retain its status as the world's largest movie market.CHINA DAILY Country holds position for second year as domestic offerings boost ticket sales while audience numbers grow and more blockbusters are produced, …

China tops global box office
2 years, 11 months ago

China tops global box office

China Daily  

With a bunch of domestic blockbusters in 2021 including 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Cliff Walkers and Hi, Mom, China's film industry has seen a robust recovery to retain its status as the world's largest movie market.CHINA DAILY Country holds position for second year as domestic offerings boost ticket sales while audience numbers grow and more blockbusters are produced, …

Year-ender: Major revolutionary films and TV dramas from 2021
3 years ago

Year-ender: Major revolutionary films and TV dramas from 2021

China Daily  

This year has witnessed a number of films and TV dramas take revolutionary history as their subject, especially the early history of the Communist Party of China, as 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of CPC. The Battle at Lake Changjin Set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the film centers on a heroic …

Year-ender: Major revolutionary films and TV dramas from 2021
3 years ago

Year-ender: Major revolutionary films and TV dramas from 2021

China Daily  

This year has witnessed a number of films and TV dramas take revolutionary history as their subject, especially the early history of the Communist Party of China, as 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of CPC. The Battle at Lake Changjin Set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the film centers on a heroic …

HK moviegoers describe war epic as a 'must-see'
3 years, 1 month ago

HK moviegoers describe war epic as a 'must-see'

China Daily  

A poster of the film The Battle at Lake Changjin is seen at a cinema in Hong Kong, on Nov 15, 2021. A hit Chinese mainland war film has gained a groundswell of support in Hong Kong, with moviegoers calling it a "striking" and "must-see" epic. The blockbuster The Battle at Lake Changjin, which began screening in Hong Kong on …

War epic tops China's all-time box office charts
3 years, 1 month ago

War epic tops China's all-time box office charts

China Daily  

Moviegoers pass a film poster promoting the blockbuster film The Battle at Lake Changjin on Oct 3. With its overall box office take surpassing 5.694 billion yuan, including presale revenues, the war epic The Battle at Lake Changjin replaced Wolf Warrior 2 at the top of China's all-time box office charts on Wednesday, according to several live trackers. As the …

War epic tops China's all-time box office charts
3 years, 1 month ago

War epic tops China's all-time box office charts

China Daily  

Moviegoers pass a film poster promoting the blockbuster film The Battle at Lake Changjin on Oct 3. With its overall box office take surpassing 5.694 billion yuan, including presale revenues, the war epic The Battle at Lake Changjin replaced Wolf Warrior 2 at the top of China's all-time box office charts on Wednesday, according to several live trackers. As the …

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