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China Box Office: ‘Stand By Me’ Wins Muddled-up Mid-Autumn Holiday Weekend
Hopeful drama, 'Stand By Me' emerged on top of the mainland China box office that was complicated by the Mid-Autumn holiday's impact on releasing.
Official rest days for the Mid-Autumn Festival are Sunday to Tuesday (Sept 15-15), but Saturday (Sept. 14) was declared an “adjusted working day.” That meant that some new titles held back their opening from the conventional Friday to Sunday instead – local sources report nine Chinese-produced films new to the market – but that the total nationwide box office was worth only $28.1 million. “Like a Rolling Stone,” a drama film about a 50-year-old woman who decides to take charge of her own life and embarks on a driving tour, released only on Sunday. Artisan Gateway reports that the year-to-date China box office total is $4.78 billion, or some 23% adrift compared with the same point last year.
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