China Box Office: Theaters Await Valentine’s Day Releases

Mainland China’s cinema box office slowed to a lukewarm $75 million nationwide total over the weekend as theaters awaited new titles to replace the blockbusters that dominated January’s Lunar New Year holiday season. Sci-fi thriller “The Wandering Earth 2” held on to the top spot for the second weekend with a $24.5 million haul between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. It was the second weekend that it managed to hold off the Zhang Yimou-directed “Full River Red,” which earlier topped the Lunar New Year charts and is the highest grossing film of the year. Over… Read Full Article