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Producer Stephen Chow’s hit comedy franchise and a Jackie Chan action film helped drive up China box-office sales 13 percent over the week-long New Year holiday and led the industry’s first monthly gain since August.
Ticket revenue for the six days ending Feb. 2 rose to 3.34 billion yuan ($485 million), compared with 2.96 billion yuan over the Feb. 8 - Feb. 13 holiday period a year earlier, according to industry data provider EntGroup Inc. Figures for Feb. 2 are preliminary.