Before watching tanks rolling through Tiananmen Square in heart of the Chinese capital to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, mainland moviegoers flocked to support a movie about a famous battle during the war last week.
"The Hundred Regiments Offensive" topped the mainland box office by taking in $38.4 million, according to data from film industry consulting firm Artisan Gateway. In a country where movies can easily be banned from theaters, a patriotic movie strongly endorsed by authorities is capable of pulling in a large number of viewers, who are mostly organized or even forced by their companies or work units to watch the movie.