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China's New Year holiday box office tops 730 million yuan

CGTN

01:06

Box office revenue for the 2026 New Year's Day holiday period (January 1–3) in China exceeded 730 million yuan ($104 million), with a total of nearly 1.41 million screenings nationwide and an audience of around 18.51 million.

When it comes to the box office champions of each province and region during the holiday, the film "Back to the Past" claimed the top spot in Guangdong Province, while "Avatar: Fire and Ash" led the box office rankings in eight regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan and Hainan. The remaining regions saw "Zootopia 2" take the title.

The top five highest-grossing films of the New Year's Day holiday were "Zootopia 2," "Avatar: Fire and Ash," "The Fire Raven," "Back to the Past" and "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants."

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