At 8:46 pm on Monday, China has just set a new Spring Festival record by accumulating a box office total of around 6 billion yuan during the holiday, including presale tickets, according to the live movie information tracing app Beacon¹. The figure surpassed the former same-period record of 5.905 billion yuan in 2019.

据灯塔实时数据，2月15日晚20时46分，2021春节档期内(2月11-17日)总票房(含预售)破60亿元，超过2019年春节档59.05亿元的票房，创下新纪录。

 

Detective Chinatown 3, the third installment² of the title franchise³, which is about a couple of amateur detectives' adventures in solving mysteries, has soared as this festival's box-office champion by bringing in around 3 billion yuan despite receiving mixed reviews.

《唐探3》，也是该系列的第三部影片，评价褒贬不一，但仍然收获30亿左右票房，成为春节档票房冠军。唐探系列影片讲的是几个业余侦探在探案过程中的冒险故事。

 

Hi, Mom, widely regarded as the top dark horse thanks to its tear-jerking depiction⁴ of mother-daughter affection, has earned 1.7 billion yuan in rising to the second slot. The film is the directorial debut⁵ of comedy actress-turned-filmmaker Jia Ling.

《你好，李焕英》凭借展现母女情的催泪情节成为公认的春节档黑马，收获17亿元的票房，位列票房收入第二位。该片是喜剧演员贾玲的导演处女作。

 

Director Lu Yang's A Writer's Odyssey⁶, a boldly imaginative visualization⁷ of a horrible fantasy world, has taken the third seat with 410 million yuan.

路阳导演的《刺杀小说家》以4.1亿票房收入位列第三，该片用大胆的想象展现了一个虚幻的恐怖世界。

 

春节档影片票价为何偏高

 

As an anti-epidemic measure, authorities are requiring theaters in low-risk areas to limit seating to 75 percent of capacity.

主管部门要求低风险地区影剧院采取防控措施，将上座率控制在75%。

 

首都电影院副总经理表示：

 

Most cinemas in big cities have raised ticket prices since there are more moviegoers but fewer seats. Besides, they have extra costs for pandemic-prevention items.

大城市的多数影院都提高了票价，因为观众多、座位少。而且，影院也要承担防疫用品的额外支出。

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