China's Labor Day movie box office revenue exceeds 1.5 billion - Chinese media

In China, movie box office revenues during the Labor Day holiday period exceeded 1.5 billion yen (about 32 billion yen). According to the "Dengta Special Edition," which publishes data related to the film industry, at 7:08 pm on the 5th (local time),
As of 2020 hours, box office revenue for the 2024 Labor Day season (a holiday starting on Labor Day on May 1st in the Gregorian calendar, which this year runs from May 1st to 5th) has surpassed 1.5 billion yen.
Of these, the action movie "Iwa Bouboutai" came in first with 400 million former (about 8.528 billion yen), followed by the comedy movie "Setsuro Kyokasen" with 383 million former (about 8.16 billion yen).
6 million yen, and third place went to the crime film "Kowloon Walled City" with 244 million former (about 5.2 billion yen).
"The 2024 Labor Day season will see strong performance from the movie market, with some movies achieving box office results that exceed expectations," Chen said.
The films released during this year's Labor Day season were from a wide variety of genres and satisfied the diverse needs of audiences, which was "one of the important factors in achieving good results," he said.
This year, China's Lunar New Year season saw box office revenues hit 8.016 billion yen (approximately 170.835 billion yen), followed by the Qingming Festival (the spring equinox of the lunar calendar).
The season, which ran from April 4th (the 15th day since the start of the season) to the 7th this year, also saw the club achieve good results, grossing 842 million yen (approximately 17.945 billion yen).