Milestone Chinese summer box office earnings inject confidence, mirror quality advances

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Milestone Chinese summer box office earnings inject confidence, mirror quality advances

STORY: Milestone Chinese summer box office earnings inject confidence, mirror quality advances DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cinema 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIAOQIAN, Moviegoer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WEI ERGE, Moviegoer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG JIEYU, Moviegoer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LU SHAN, General manager of Poly International Cinema Shenyang K11 store STORYLINE: China has witnessed a movie frenzy this summer. Official data show that China's box office revenue for the 2023 summer movie season had exceeded 20 billion yuan (about 2.78 billion U.S. dollars) as of 10 p.m. on Saturday, setting a new record. China's summer movie season runs from the beginning of June to the end of August. Domestic movies are more popular among moviegoers across the country. The top five positions on China's 2023 summer box office chart are held exclusively by domestic productions. The suspense thriller "Lost in the Stars" leads the

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