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‘My Blue Summer’ Leads China Box Office Higher Over COVID-Hit Holiday Weekend

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“My Blue Summer,” a local romance led the Chinese box office higher over the latest weekend with a modestly respectable $7.2 million (RMB48.2 million) opening session.

But the trend is hard to discern due to continually changing COVID conditions in China and the country’s uncertain economic direction.The nationwide Friday to Sunday box office total was $26.7 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.

The total was more than double the $11.5 million achieved the previous weekend.The performance was goosed by the Dragon Boat Holiday weekend, operating June 3-5.

It was also helped by the re-opening of cinemas in several parts of the country. China has grappled in aggressive fashion, using mass testing and citywide lockdowns, with coronavirus case numbers that are smaller than the figures that are considered as endemic in other parts of the world.

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