Maxtime Footage’ “Her Story,” a comedy-drama movie advised from a largely feminine perspective, topped the mainland China field workplace for the fourth consecutive weekend.

The field workplace remained sluggish regardless of just a few new releases, with Hollywood holdover “Moana 2” dropping out of the highest 5 and Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter” making a modest debut.

Information from consultancy agency Artisan Gateway confirmed “Her Story” sliding from its earlier weekend’s exhibiting by incomes RMB52.1 million ($7.3 million) between Friday and Sunday. The movie now has a cumulative complete of $89 million within the Center Kingdom. The movie was the seventh highest grossing movie internationally, based on numbers from Comscore.

“Her Story” is directed by Shao Yihui (2021’s “B For Busy”). Its fast-paced story focuses on two ladies – one a not too long ago unemployed single mother, the opposite a brand new neighbor who’s extra troubled than she seems – who turn into pals. Collectively they withstand varied relationship challenges, together with an abusive ex-husband and new romantic prospects.

 Emperor Movement Footage’ “The Final Dance,” bowed in second place with $5.9 million and with previews has a cumulative complete of $9.7 million. Directed by up-and-coming Hong Kong filmmaker Anselm Chan, the movie follows a cash-strapped former marriage ceremony planner and a stern previous Taoist priest who turn into unlikely companions within the funeral enterprise. It boasts an all-star forged headed by Cantonese comedy icons Dayo Wong (“Desk for Six”) and Michael Hui (“Safety Limitless,” “The place the Wind Blows”).

In third place, celebrity Donnie Yen‘s Hong Kong action-drama “The Prosecutor” from Maoyan Footage has already racked up $7.8 million in previews forward of its Dec. 27 launch. In “The Prosecutor,” motion icon Yen steps into the function of Fok Chi Ho, a former elite police particular forces officer who trades his badge for a courtroom. Yen’s Fok turns into a prosecutor tasked with dealing with the case of Ma Ka Package (rising star Mason Fung), a struggling younger man entangled in a drug trafficking cost. Regardless of questionable circumstances, Ma is pressured right into a plea deal that leads to a harsh sentence. Pushed by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads by means of Hong Kong’s legal underworld and its higher echelons of energy.

In fourth place, “I Am What I Am 2,” the sequel to the 2021 animated hit, debuted with $3.7 million over the weekend and a cumulative complete of $4.6 million together with previews. Additionally directed by Solar Haipeng, the movie follows A Juan, a younger man who leaves his rural hometown for the town, pushed by the necessity to safe funds for his father’s medical remedy. His seek for revenue leads him to pursue rigorous coaching and enter the Shanghai Battle Night time kickboxing competitors.

Rounding off the highest 5 was Dimension Movies’ “Burning Stars” with $2.7 million and a cumulative complete of $13 million after two weekends in launch. Directed by Xu Zhanxiong (“Sea of Stars,” Golden Rooster award winner “The Pioneer,” Golden Crane award winner “Wild Grass”), the historic fiction action-drama follows a gaggle of younger college students who embark on a top-secret mission, utilizing themselves as bait to realize an evacuation operation. The forged contains Roy Wang (“Ray of Mild”), Sophie Zhang (“She’s Bought No Identify”), Connor Leong (“Tune of Life”) and Li Chen (“Bureau 749”).

Disney’s “Moana 2” dropped out of the highest 5, incomes $2.4 million in sixth place for a cume of $13.6 million, per numbers from Ent Group. Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter” bowed in eighth place with $1.2 million, based on Ent Group.

The nationwide weekend field workplace was $33.9 million and the year-to-date working complete is $5.79 billion. That’s nonetheless 21.2% under the identical level in 2023.