{"id":524389,"date":"2026-06-08T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/524389\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:25:12","slug":"china-box-office-dear-you-leads-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/524389\/","title":{"rendered":"China Box Office: &#8216;Dear You&#8217; Leads Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJinant Film &amp; TV\u2019s unstoppable family drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dear-you\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dear-you\" data-tag=\"dear-you\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dear You<\/a>\u201d comfortably dominated the China box office during the June 5\u20137 weekend, securing RMB115.3 million ($17 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDirected by Lan Hongchun and starring Li Sitong and Wang Yantong, the low-budget cultural juggernaut has reached a cumulative total of $238.5 million. The story details Grandma Ye Shurou from Chaoshan, whose quiet twilight years are broken when her debt-ridden grandson journeys to Thailand to track down his rumored billionaire grandfather. The investigation unravels a hidden love affair spanning 50 years, showing that the person Grandma had been writing to via the traditional \u201cQiaopi\u201d mailing method was a complete stranger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZhonghe Qiancheng\u2019s crime thriller \u201cVanishing Point\u201d held firm in the runner-up position, pulling in $2.5 million to stretch its cumulative bank to $75.6 million. Directed by Cheng Wei-hao and starring Zheng Kai and Liu Haocun, the film is adapted from Bei Baokang\u2019s novel \u201cSea Anemone.\u201d The narrative traces the dark, interlocking secrets exposed within an old apartment block after a young boy vanishes on the winter solstice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDisney\u2019s \u201cStar Wars\u201d spinoff \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-mandalorian-and-grogu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-mandalorian-and-grogu\" data-tag=\"the-mandalorian-and-grogu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a>\u201d was in third place, adding $1.4 million for a cumulative total of $12.1 million. Debuting in fourth place, Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 fantasy action vehicle \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/masters-of-the-universe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_masters-of-the-universe\" data-tag=\"masters-of-the-universe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masters of the Universe<\/a>\u201d picked up $1.2 million in its opening framework. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRounding out the top five, StudioCanal\u2019s tense World War II historical drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/pressure\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pressure\" data-tag=\"pressure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pressure<\/a>\u201d opened with $1.1 million over its two-day weekend frame, bringing its total to $1.2 million including early previews. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMainland China\u2019s overall weekend grosses reached $27.8 million, while the 2026 year-to-date revenue stands at $2.36 billion, down 42.3% from the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jinant Film &amp; TV\u2019s unstoppable family drama \u201cDear You\u201d comfortably dominated the China box office during the June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[226422,18,117,19,17,64699,327,5784,87463],"class_list":["post-524389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dear-you","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-masters-of-the-universe","tag-movies","tag-pressure","tag-the-mandalorian-and-grogu"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}