Zhang Yimou’s New Film Brings 50,000 Tourists to Yue Fei Temple in Hangzhou
About 50,000 tourists came to the Yue Fei Temple as Zhang Yimou’s new film Man Jiang Hong, or Full River Red, stood out among all leading Chinese New Year movies, reaching the highest number in the past three years. The movie tells a revenge story which is set during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), between the patriot national hero Yue Fei and Qin Hui, a treacherous official who murdered Yue. Read more ECNS
IMAX Rings in Record-Breaking Chinese New Year with $34 Million
IMAX Corporation set a new box office record for Chinese New Year with $34 million over the six-day holiday period concluding Friday, January 27. Total grosses for the holiday — historically the peak moviegoing period in this pivotal cinema market — exceeded the Company’s previous record set in 2021 by 3% and topped its 2022 results by a whopping 54%. Read more PR Newswire
