'Successor' tops China's summer box office, grossing US$456mil

Ma Li (left) and Shen Teng in a still from 'Successor'.

BEIJING: Comedy-drama 'Successor' leads China's 2024 summer box office, grossing 3.25 billion yuan (US$456mil).

The film, co-directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo and stars Shen Teng, Ma Li, and Shi Pengyuan, charts the ups and downs of a poor dad and a hardworking mum living in a broken yard and falling behind others on the road to prosperity.