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China’s Labour Day Box Office Shows Fragile Recovery as ‘Vanishing Point’ Defeats Bigger Rivals Through Word of Mouth
China Labour Day box office on the holidays of 1st to 5th May delivered modest year-on-year growth this year, but the overall performance continued to underline the fragile state of
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China’s Labour Day Box Office Shows Fragile Recovery as ‘Vanishing Point’ Defeats Bigger Rivals Through Word of Mouth
China Labour Day box office on the holidays of 1st to 5th May delivered modest year-on-year growth this year, but the overall performance continued to underline the fragile state of the world’s second-largest theatrical market. Over the five-day May 1–5 holiday frame, Chinese cinemas generated around 759 million yuan ($111 million), slightly ahead of last year’s 748 million yuan total. However, the figure remains dramatically below the billion-yuan holiday weekends that defined both the pre-pandemic era and the stronger 2024 market. What makes the result more revealing is that the holiday arrived with a significantly larger slate of new releases. Around 12 films entered the market during the frame compared...
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