The box office in mainland China over the weekend was the lowest this year as thousands of movie theaters remained closed due to the spread of the emerging Corona virus.
Data from consultancy Artisan Gateway showed that movie revenues nationwide between Friday and Sunday fell to just $8.2 million. That compares with $10.5 the previous weekend.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” was once again the highest-grossing title, reaching $1.7 million (11.0 million CNY), bringing its total to $17.3 million (RMB111) since its release on April 8, 2022. He has played Roughly 32,000 shows per day, about a third of what a top-ranking movie would normally expect.
China-made “Man on the Edge” came in second with $1.4 million (7.8 million yuan). This expanded the operating total to $9.4 million (60.3 million CNY) after it was issued on April 15.
Michael Bay’s “Ambulance” was the highest-rated new release with a value of $1.3 million (RMB 8.3 million). It has a relatively high 8.3 out of 10 score from users of the ticket selling app Maoyan and 5.9 out of 10 rating more than Douban movie reviews site. Maoyan’s projections for the movie’s achievable total remain dismal 21 million yuan ($3.23 million).
Hotel Transylvania 4 has earned 5.5 million yuan (900,000 US dollars) to take fourth place and 9.1 million yuan (58.1 million Chinese yuan) since its debut on April 3.
Indian thriller “Dreesham” took fifth place with a second weekend score of 3.7 million yuan ($600,000). After 10 days in Chinese cinemas, she raised $1.6 million (10.2 million CNY).
Cinemas across the country are closed or under closure. Shanghai, China’s largest city, remains the hardest hit by the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. On Monday, authorities announced that Shanghai had recorded more than 16,000 new asymptomatic cases, 2,472 more asymptomatic cases and 51 deaths related to the coronavirus.
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