
China's box office is having a better Lunar New Year than before Covid
CNN
Chinese cinemas are back, and busting even pre-pandemic levels, according to data tracking the first few days of the Lunar New Year.
Local box office takings over the start of the Lunar New Year holiday have already surpassed those of the same period in 2019, despite some restrictions on theater occupancy. The increase gives China another lift after it overtook the United States to become the world's top movie market last year. It's further evidence of a robust upswing in the world's second biggest economy, which managed to dodge a recession in 2020 and ended the year 2.3% larger than when it started.
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