For all the talk of China’s economic problems — and mounting evidence of a slowing consumer sector — the box office is booming.
Hits such as Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid saw the country’s box office take in February surpass that of the North American market for the first month on record, putting China on track to become the world’s biggest box office as soon as 2017.
February’s record haul of Rmb6.9bn ($1.06bn) was inflated by the week-long Chinese new year holiday, when some other entertainment venues tend to close.
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