'YOLO' stays atop China's box office chart

Audiences select seats at a cinema in Shanghai, east China, July 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

Domestic comedy

film "YOLO" continued to top China's daily box office chart on Friday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed.

The movie tells the story of an unemployed woman in her 30s who still lives with her parents until she meets a boxing coach who may change her life. The film generated a daily revenue of 274.12 million yuan (about 38.59 million U.S. dollars) on its seventh day of release.

Domestic comedy-drama "Pegasus 2" came in second, grossing about 245.69 million yuan on the day.

It was followed by the realistic drama "Article 20," which garnered 192.69 million yuan on Friday.

A film poster for "YOLO." [Photo provided to IMAX China]