China Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Snags Top Spot as ‘Dear You’ Reaches $272 Million
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- Toy Story 5 (Disney) debuted at #1 in China with RMB121.2 million ($17.8 million) over the June 19–21 weekend, per Artisan Gateway data.
- Dear You (Jinant Film & TV), directed by Lan Hongchuan, held #2 in its eighth week with $11.3 million, pushing its cumulative total to $272.5 million since its April 30 opening.
- I Know Who You Are (Damai Entertainment), directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Lei Jiayin and Hu Ge, opened #3 with $9 million; the film adapts Zhang Ce's 1992 novella "No Regrets Tracking."
- The Furious (Edko Films), directed by Kenji Tanigaki and starring Xie Miao as a father waging war against a child trafficking network, took #4 with $6 million, bringing its cumulative total to $25.3 million.
- The Boy Who Counted Cars (Momo Pictures), a sci-fi romance written and directed by Ling Yim and starring Roy Wang as a man convinced reality is a simulation, debuted #5 with $5.8 million.
- Mainland China's overall weekend grosses reached $58.5 million, while 2026 year-to-date revenue stands at $2.48 billion — down 40.8% from the same period in 2025.
Why it matters: China's 2026 box office is running 40.8% behind 2025, meaning Toy Story 5's $17.8M debut — the weekend's top film — lands in a sharply contracting market. Low-budget domestic holdover Dear You has accumulated $272.5M over eight weeks, roughly 15 times Toy Story 5's opening gross, underscoring how thin the new-release pipeline has become.
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