Film on China's poverty battle grosses 295 million USD


  • World
  • Sunday, 11 Oct 2020

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- "My People, My Homeland," an anthology comedy film depicting China's achievements in the battle against poverty, has generated a total of 2 billion yuan (295 million U.S. dollars) at the China box office since its release on Oct. 1, both the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Widely referred to as a follow-up to the 2019 patriotic blockbuster "My People, My Country," the National Day holiday hit saw its box office receipts cross the 2-billion-yuan mark on Saturday evening, showed data compiled by Beacon, a digital platform for film distribution and advertising.

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