Theaters in China reopened for business today, after closing for more than 170 days due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic in the mainland since December,having emerged from Wuhan. Box office pre-sales nationwide surpassed 1 million yuan, state media said. According to a document sent to Global Times by Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan, as of today, box office pre-sales on the first day of the reopening of theaters across China topped 1.55 million yuan. The top three films in terms of box office pre-sales were A First Farewell, Coco and Sheep Without A Shepherd. The hashtag for "box office breaks 1 million on first day of resumption nationwide" gained 110 million views on Sina Weibo in a matter of hours.

Source: The Standard July 20, 2020 04:07 UTC