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China Box Office: Earnings Slow to a Trickle Ahead of Lunar New Year Bonanza

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China's multiplexes were mostly silent over the weekend as the country—and its film industry—continued to gear up for the lucrative Lunar New Year holiday.

Total ticket sales were just $22.9 million, the lowest of any weekend so far in 2021. The sluggish earnings in China were still vastly better than the washout weekend in North America, where crime drama The Little Thingswon the Super Bowl weekend with a dismal $2.3 million.

Andy Lau's holdover action thriller Shock Wave 2 topped China's box office with $4.8 million. The film opened weeks ago on Christmas Eve and has totaled $196.3 million to date, according to box office tracker Artisan Gateway.

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