China’s 2025 Spring Festival film season has shattered box office records, raking in a historic 10 billion yuan ($1.37 billion USD) as of Wednesday afternoon 🚀. Over 187 million moviegoers flooded theaters during the holiday, proving cinema remains a cultural cornerstone in the Chinese mainland.
The fantasy hit ‘Ne Zha 2’ stole the spotlight as the highest-grossing domestic animated film ever, a major win for China’s booming creative industry 🏆. Other blockbusters like ‘Detective Chinatown 1900’ and the action-packed ‘Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force’ kept audiences hooked, blending epic storytelling with cutting-edge visuals.
🍿 Pop culture alert: The ‘Boonie Bears’ franchise also made waves with its futuristic reboot, while wuxia epic ‘Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants’ brought martial arts magic to Gen-Z viewers.
With theaters packed and new IPs thriving, this year’s Spring Festival proves China’s film industry is rewriting the global playbook 🌏✨.
