China sets new box office, audience records during 2025 Spring Festival season

China's box office revenue during the 8-day-long Spring Festival holiday reached a record 9.51 billion yuan, with nationwide movie attendance hitting an all-time high of 187 million people, setting new records for the Spring Festival season, data from China Film Administration showed on Wednesday.

Among the six domestically produced films, Ne Zha 2 took the lead with 4.839 billion yuan of box office revenue. Detective Chinatown 1900, Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force, and The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero ranked second to fourth. Animate film Boonie Bears: Future Reborn and military-themed film Operation Leviathan are the follow-ups.

The simultaneously release of multiple high-quality homegrown films significantly boosted the film market, with January 30, 2025, the first day of 2025 Spring Festival, setting single-day national records of 1.805 billion yuan in box office revenue and 35.151 million moviegoers.