The Chinese mainland's box office revenue for the just concluded Mid-Autumn Festival holiday period reached 389 million yuan (around 54.8 million U.S. dollars), according to the China Film Administration.
The holiday, spanning from Sunday to Tuesday, attracted 9.57 million moviegoers, with domestic films earning 332 million yuan, accounting for 85.35 percent of the total revenue.
Drama film "Stand by Me" topped this year's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday ticket sales chart with 123 million yuan.
Comedy "A Frozen Rage" that debuted on Sept. 15 came in second with nearly 50 million yuan, followed by the drama film "Like a Rolling Stone" that garnered 36.2 million yuan.
Other notable performances included "Enjoy Yourself" with over 27.8 million yuan, and the crime film "Go for Broke", which pocketed almost 19.7 million yuan.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the night when the moon reaches its fullest and brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.
China's Mid-Autumn holiday box office reaches 389 million yuan
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in at Tel Aviv University in Israel on Wednesday to mark the 77th anniversary of Nakba, the massive exodus of Palestinians that occurred in 1948 following the establishment of the state of Israel.
The "Nakba," which means "catastrophe" in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It is generally commemorated on May 15.
The demonstrators included students from different universities, members of the Israeli Arab community, and other pro-Palestinian supporters. Many held placards condemning Israel's current actions in Gaza.
The total Palestinian death toll since the latest round of fighting erupted in October 2023, has reached 53,010, health officials in Gaza said on Thursday.
Israel resumed large-scale military operations in Gaza in March, ending a two-month ceasefire.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 71 percent of the Gaza Strip is now under Israeli displacement orders or designated as militarized zones, restricting Palestinian access. Over 436,000 people are estimated to have been displaced again since March.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Tel Aviv to mark 77th Nakba Day
