Holiday box office slumps by 14.7% amid absence of blockbusters

China Daily) The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday ended with a disappointing box-office performance, largely due to a lack of blockbuster hits, according to industry insiders. The eight-day holiday, from Oct 1 to 8, generated 1.84 billion yuan ($257.4 million) from 50.07 million tickets, with domestic films making up 98.93 percent of the total revenue…