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‘Ne Zha 2’ Leads Chinese New Year Box Office With $430M 5-Day Launch, ‘Detective Chinatown 1900’ Next At $251M; Imax Enjoys Best-Ever Spring Festival
China’s Lunar New Year box office so far is led by Ne Zha 2 & Detective Chinatown 1900; all films during the five-day opening period tallied over $965M
VCG via Getty Images China began ushering in the Year of the Snake last Wednesday, as local audiences sank their teeth into a host of new films with record-breaking gusto. Overall, as we noted on Wednesday, Enlight’s animated fantasy adventure sequel Ne Zha 2 from director Yu Yang was the leader going into the period (which is also known as Spring Festival), and it never let go, now with RMB 3.12B ($430.3M) through Sunday. The Spring Festival period is typically the most lucrative for cinemas during the year in China, so the performance this week doesn’t necessarily signal a return to full force, but it is encouraging.
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