Patriotic film leads China's holiday box office

Patriotic action film Home Coming dominated China's box office during the National Day holiday which concluded Friday, garnering 1.02 billion yuan (about $144 million).

The earning accounts for 68 percent of China's total box office revenue of nearly 1.5 billion yuan generated during the seven-day holiday, according to movie data platforms.

With an opening day earning of 50.92 million yuan on Sept 30, a day before the start of the holiday, the film's cumulative revenue reached nearly 1.09 billion yuan by Saturday morning.

The action drama stars Zhang Yi as a Chinese diplomat and revolves around the evacuation of Chinese nationals from a war-torn nation.

Box office tracker Maoyan forecasts the film to complete its China box office run with more than 1.8 billion yuan.