The Lunar New Year holiday propelled the movie box office in China to a record 6.96 billion yuan ($1.08 billion) over a six-day period, Reuters reported, citing Chinese state media. That puts China on track to overtake the U.S. in box office receipts for a second year in a row. Last year, China’s box office raked in more than $3 billion, surpassing the nearly $2.3 billion in ticket sales of...
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