China Box Office: ‘Stand By Me’ Retains Top Spot as ‘The Wild Robot’ Cranks up Third Place
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese-produced drama film “Stand by Me” held on to top spot at the mainland China box office.
Dreamworks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” enjoyed a modest third-place debut. After an almost imperceptible uplift provided a week earlier by the Mid Autumn Festival, mainland China’s theatrical business extended the slump that it has been in since the second quarter.
Weekend box office, in the country with a population of 1.3 billion, and some 90,000 cinema screens in commercial operation, amounted to just $25.1 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway.
That was the third lowest weekend figure this year. The Mid-Autumn Festival box office totaled RMB389 million ($55.2 million) between Sept.
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