China’s box office revenue for the 2025 Spring Festival holiday has reached a record-breaking 8.1 billion yuan (around 1.13 billion U.S. dollars), including pre-sales, pushing the country’s total box office earnings for the year to 10 billion yuan as of Monday, according to film data platform Beacon.
The figure marks the highest-grossing Spring Festival period in the nation's cinema history and has solidified China's position as a global leader in box office revenue for 2025, surpassing North America.
The week-long holiday, which runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, is traditionally the most lucrative period for China’s film industry, with audiences flocking to theaters to watch new releases.
A total of six new films hit the cinema screens during this year’s Spring Festival holiday.
This year’s strong performance was driven by several high-budget blockbusters, including the animated fantasy Ne Zha 2, detective thriller Detective Chinatown 1900, and historical epic Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force.
Ne Zha 2 leads with 3.88 billion yuan (around 538.98 million U.S. dollars), followed by Detective Chinatown 1900 at two billion yuan (around 277.82 million U.S. dollars). Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force has grossed 940 million yuan (around 130.58 million U.S. dollars), while The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero has earned 572 million yuan (around 79.46 million U.S. dollars). Boonie Bears: Future Reborn brought in 464 million yuan (around 64.46 million U.S. dollars), and Operation Leviathan earned 261 million yuan (around 36.26 million U.S. dollars).
2025 Chinese box office surpasses 10 billion yuan, ranking first globally
