"Dumpling Queen" reigns over China's May Day box office
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese drama "The Dumpling Queen" took the crown during China's 2025 May Day holiday, leading a diverse but downbeat box office of 747 million yuan (about 103.74 million U.S. dollars) in five-day takings from May 1 to 5.
The figure represents a 50 percent drop from the 1.5 billion yuan posted during the same period in 2023 and 2024, according to film data platform Maoyan.
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