China's total box office (including pre-sales) of 2022 officially broke the 10 billion yuan ($1.57 billion) mark as of 9:17 p.m. on Wednesday, according to real-time box-office tracker Dengta. It took only 40 days to accomplish this feat, the fastest in Chinese film history.

War blockbuster "The Battle at Lake Changjin II" had raked in more than 2.9 billion yuan (about $455 million) as of Wednesday, which has been leading China's box office since its release on February 1.