National Film Bureau: The Spring Festival box office was 8.016 billion yuan, with 163 million people watching movies.

On February 16, the audience walked past the poster of the Spring Festival movie in a cinema in Hangzhou. Xinhua news agency

According to the preliminary statistics of the National Film Bureau, during the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 (from February 10 to February 17), the national box office was 8.016 billion yuan, and the number of people watching movies was 163 million, which increased by 18.47% and 26.36% respectively compared with the Spring Festival holiday in 2023, both of which set new records in the same period.

The top four films at the box office were: YOLO 2.718 billion yuan, Pegasus 2 2.398 billion yuan, Boonie Bears: Time Twist 1.389 billion yuan and Article 20 1.34 billion yuan.

By 9:30 on February 18th, the box office in 2024 had reached 11.081 billion yuan, with domestic films accounting for 96.75%.