China's 2025 summer box office, including presales, topped 5.5 billion yuan (about 766.25 million U.S. dollars) as of 15:00 on Tuesday, according to box office tracker Dengta Data.
Daily box office takings have remained above the 100-million-yuan (13.9-million-U.S.-dollar) threshold for 12 consecutive days, according to the platform.
Leading the charts is "Dead To Rights" which tells the story of a group of Chinese civilians who took refuge in a photography studio during the Japanese aggressors' brutal occupation of Nanjing in 1937.
The film has resonated strongly with audiences, grossing 586 million yuan (81.7 million U.S. dollars) since its release on July 25 and surpassing "Jurassic World Rebirth," which sit at 546 million yuan (76 million U.S. dollars) as of Tuesday afternoon.
Other top performers during the 2025 summer season, which runs from June 1 to August 31, include Chinese comedy "The Lychee Road," Japanese animated movie "Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback," Peter Chan's crime drama "She's Got No Name" and the sports film "F1 The Movie" starring Brad Pitt.
China's 2025 summer box office tops 5.5 billion yuan
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest against the government saying that it used the sense of emergency over the past six weeks after the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran to move forward with its own bitterly-contested internal agenda.
Some of the restrictions for the demonstration were lifted earlier in the week after a ceasefire was announced between the United States and Iran.
"This is a terrible government, for the last three years working against its citizens all the time. We are protesting against the judicial reform that the government is imposing, anti-democratic moves, not to recruiting the orthodox people to the military," said Benny, a protester.
The resumption of the long-running corruption trial involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the debate over a controversial draft law, the even more controversial judiciary overhaul, none of them has gone anywhere.
With no imminent danger of missiles from Iran, at least for the short term, demonstrators here feel it is time to raise their voices.
"Everything has been turned so politically that instead of the country binding together, we just separate more and more. Plus in the background, the Netanyahu government is passing all sorts of non-democratic laws that only make the situation work," said Nancy, another protester.
The war may have taken a pause when it comes to central Israel but restrictions still apply.
Gatherings are allowed for up to 1,000 people although the police were told not to disperse the crowd even if numbers are bigger.
"I am not looking here to fight with the police. I hope they are not looking to fight with us and I believe that it will be a peaceful event," said Benny.
Israelis protest against gov't in Tel Aviv
