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China Box Office Crumbles as Coronavirus Lockdowns Bite

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinema box office in mainland China crumbled to its lowest weekend total this year as the film industry was once again hit by the impact of anti-coronavirus lockdowns.

Nationwide, cinemas recorded just $12.6 million of business.Virus infections are spiking sharply upwards in some parts of the country, caused by the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of the COVID-19 disease, though in comparison with many other countries absolute numbers remain low.

And, given the country’s stated zero-COVID policy, national and local authorities’ responses have been severe and restrictive.The current epicenter is Shanghai, where a megacity of 25 million people has been locked down in two phases for much of the past week.

With 2,000 military doctors currently shipping into the city, repeated mass testing for the disease is now underway. Cinemas in Shanghai remain shut, with significant impact on national levels of business.

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