It has brought in 699 million yuan so far. As the fourth installment of the popular franchise, which saw the third feature earn a whopping 1.94 billion yuan, actors Han Geng and Zheng Kai play a couple of close friends facing respective problems in their love affairs while entering middle age. Sitting in second place on the holiday box office charts is the comedy romance sequel The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan. In production for around five years, the dark-themed movie, which delves into a thrilling web of corruption exposed by a bus bomb explosion, has raked in 923 million yuan since its release on Sept 28. Propelled by domestic blockbusters during the combined Mid-Autumn Festival/National Day holiday, which is traditionally a lucrative season in terms of movie ticket receipts, China has seen overall box office earnings so far this year - from Jan 1 to Friday - surpass the total earnings of full-year 2021.Ī total of 368 feature films were released domestically over the past nine months, with 12 hitting the big screen during the eight-day combined holiday, according to the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association.Īs of 7 pm on Friday, the country's box office revenue so far this year had reached 47.5 billion yuan ($6.5 billion), exceeding the 47.04 billion yuan recorded for full-year 2021 and far more than the 29.95 billion yuan seen in 2022, according to box office tracker Beacon.Īmid the revved-up holiday cinema revenue, the top box office rankings for this year are still dominated by blockbusters released earlier this year - mainly during the Spring Festival holiday and the June-August summer theater-going season.Ĭurrently, the three highest-grossing films so far this year have been the Zhang Yimou-directed historical thriller Full River Red, sci-fi sequel The Wandering Earth II and the cyberscam-themed No More Bets.Ī prolific filmmaker, who was also the first in the world to direct two Olympic Games' opening and closing ceremonies, Zhang has seen his latest cinematic production Under the Light soar as the new box office champion during the extended holiday. Film fans check out posters promoting the latest blockbusters at a cinema in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Monday.
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