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
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,272, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 20 people and wounded 54 others, bringing the fatalities to 41,272 and injuries to 95,551 since this round of conflict broke out in early October 2023, it added.
Gaza’s civil defense agency reported on Wednesday that eight persons, including five children, were killed when Israeli bombed a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City in the northern part of the war-ridden enclave, which also caused many injuries.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the airstrike targeted Hamas militants hidden inside the school.
In addition, an Israeli drone struck a civilian car in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 11 others, according to Palestinian security sources.
Israel announced on the same day that four more soldiers were killed in clashes in Rafah.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,272 as conflict grinds on
