On Thursday, all seven Chinese films scheduled for release during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday announced they were pulling screenings.
The roughly one-week long Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, holiday officially kicks off on Friday and has become a key release period for Chinese films.
Shares of many major Chinese film companies dropped Thursday, the last trading day before the Lunar New Year.
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