From January 13 to 19, the mainland film market closed at 491 million yuan, down 27 percent from the previous week's 673 million yuan.

This week is a weak period ahead of the New Year's film season, with released films such as "Sheep Without a Shepherd," "IP Man 4", and "Adoring" struggling to prop up the market. Seven films for the 2020 Spring Festival holiday started pre-sales at 12:00 a.m. (BJT) on January 18, and the pre-sale box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" exceeded 100 million yuan in 23 hours, setting a new record of 100 million yuan for Chinese films.

"Sheep Without a Shepherd" took in 107 million yuan this week, its highest daily box office of 20.9 million yuan, the cumulative box office of 1.138 billion yuan, is expected to hit 1.2 billion yuan.

"IP Man 4" took in 104 million yuan in its fifth weekend of release, topping 1.1 billion yuan in 29 days, setting a new box office record for a Chinese martial arts film.

Last week's box office No. 1, "Adoring," saw a slight dip in its share of screenings, taking in 81.48 million yuan for a weekend total of 650 million yuan.

The box office of Will Smith and Tom Holland's "Spies in Disguise" continued to rise, the weekend box office 33.33 million yuan, the single day's box office close to 8 million yuan, the cumulative box office over 80 million yuan.

The science-fiction thriller "Extinction" has grossed 10.91 million yuan in its first three days in theaters. And the movie didn't set off the sci-fi craze it was supposed to.

The pre-sale of seven films for the 2020 Spring Festival holiday started at 12:00 a.m/ (BJT) on January 18. By 11:54 a.m. (BJT) on January 19, the total pre-sale box office had exceeded 200 million yuan. "Detective Chinatown 3" made a total of 130 million yuan of pre-sales on its first day, and the pre-sale box office exceeded 100 million yuan in 23 hours, setting a new record for the pre-sale of Chinese-language films, which temporarily led this year's Spring Festival season.

This week, the Spring Festival film season that makes a person look forward to is close to coming, "Detective of Chinatown 3" "Vanguard" "The Rescue" "Legend of Deification" will be released on January 25 also is the first day of the lunar year.

"Lost in Russia," "Leap," and "Boonie Bears: The Wild Life" have been announced to open a day earlier to January 24, also the lunar New Year's Eve, which means the competition for the Spring Festival season starts ahead of schedule.