Patriotic omnibus leads China's holiday box office

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) : "My People, My Homeland," a patriotic comedy feature comprised of five stories, topped China's box office during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from Oct 1 to 8.

Released on Oct. 1, both the National Day and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the anthology film raked in 1.87 billion yuan (US$276 million), almost half of China's total box office receipts of over 3.95 billion yuan during the holiday that saw nearly 100 million moviegoers visit theaters, according to data compiled by the China Movie Data Information Network.