Actress Jiang Shuying

(China Daily) The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday ended with a disappointing box-office performance, largely due to a lack of blockbuster hits, according to industry insiders. The eight-day holiday, from Oct 1 to 8, generated 1.84 billion yuan ($257.4 million) from 50.07 million tickets, with domestic films making up 98.93 percent of the total revenue. This marks a 14.7 percent decline from the 2.15 billion yuan earned during the same period last year.

(China Daily) The Volunteers: Peace at Last, the finale of 73-year-old director Chen Kaige’s epic trilogy portraying a war that determined New China’s fate more than seven decades ago, is topped the single-day presale box office on the eve of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.  

Following the first installment released in 2023 and the second in 2024, Peace at Last marks the trilogy’s third return to this highly competitive holiday box office season.
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