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"Mao Zedong 1949" leads Chinese mainland box officeBreaking

September 27, 2019

BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Domestic historical film "Mao Zedong 1949" dominated the Chinese mainland box office on Thursday, the China Movie Data Information Network said Friday. It grossed 9.19 million yuan (1.3 million U.S. dollars) on its seventh day of screening, accounting for nearly a quarter of the daily total. The film retraces the history of 1949 from the Communist Party of China Central Committee moving to Fragrant Hills in northwest Beijing in the spring to the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1. Domestic drama "Little Q" ranked the second, with its daily box office revenue of 5.09 million yuan. Comedy "The Last Wish" took the third place by raking in about 4.9 million yuan on its 15th day of screening.