China’s box office revenue hit a new record during the Lunar New Year, by exceeding $ 1.3 billion (more than $ 1.2 billion).
Data released by the country’s film administration, from the beginning of the holiday period, on January 28, until Tuesday, the country’s movie theaters raised about 9.51 billion Yuan (1.257 billion euros), A new record for the Chinese New Year.
The number of spectators also reached a record of 187 million.
In addition, every day between January 29 – New Year’s Day – and February 3, yuan (132 million euros) yielded, according to the Yicai Economic News Portal.
The great hit in the Asian giant was “Ne Zha 2”, the long -awaited sequel to the success of animation “Ne Zha” (2019), which yielded about 4.839 billion yuan (640 million euros) since its release On the same day of the Lunar New Year.
The podium is completed by the comedy “Detective Chinatown 1900”, with nearly two billion yuan (264 million euros), and the title of War Fantasy “Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force”, with over 900 million of Yuan (119 million euros) until Monday.
O Lunar New Year is traditionally a high time for the Chinese film industry. Authorities extended this year the holiday period to eight days, ending on Tuesday, February 4.
