At 4 pm on Wednesday, China has just set a new Spring Festival record by accumulating a box office total of around 7.6 billion yuan during the holiday, including presale tickets, according to Chinese movie-ticketing and film data platform Maoyan. The figure surpassed the former same-period record of 5.905 billion yuan in 2019.

据中国电影票务平台猫眼的数据，2月17日下午4时，2021春节档总票房（含预售）约76亿元，超过2019年春节档的59.05亿元，创下新纪录。

 

Top contributors include Detective Chinatown 3 and time-travel comedy Hi, Mom. Detective Chinatown 3 has generated a revenue of 3.5 billion yuan or 46 percent of the movie season's total takings by Wednesday afternoon. Hi, Mom, for its part, has raked in 2.6 billion yuan during the same period, accounting for 34 percent of the total takings.

领跑春节档的电影为《唐人街探案3》和穿越喜剧《你好，李焕英》。截至17日下午，《唐探3》票房收入35亿，总票房占比46%；《你好，李焕英》票房收入26亿，占比34%。

 

The Spring Festival is a lucrative movie season in China as movie-going has become an increasingly prominent pastime for Chinese people during this holiday.

随着越来越多的中国人将看电影作为春节期间的主要消遣方式，春节档已成为电影票房获利期。

 

英文来源：Xinhua