China Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Snags Top Spot as ‘Dear You’ Reaches $272 Million

Disney’s “Toy Story 5” debuted at the number one spot at the China box office during the June 19–21 weekend, grossing RMB121.2 million ($17.8 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway.

In second place, Jinant Film & TV’s family drama “Dear You” maintained exceptional theatrical longevity, generating an additional $11.3 million in its eighth week of release. Directed by Lan Hongchun and starring Li Sitong and Wang Yantong, the low-budget breakout sensation has accumulated a total of $272.5 million since its April 30 opening frame. The film centers on Grandma Ye Shurou from the Chaoshan region, whose twilight years are disrupted when her grandson travels to Thailand to locate his rumored billionaire grandfather. The investigation uncovers a decades-old love affair, revealing that the person Grandma had been exchanging letters with for half a century via the traditional qiaopi system was a complete stranger.

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Damai Entertainment’s drama “I Know Who You Are” opened in third place, grossing $9 million over its three-day premiere frame. Directed by veteran filmmaker Feng Xiaogang and written by Shi Jianquan, the film adapt’s Zhang Ce’s 1992 novella “No Regrets Tracking.” Starring Lei Jiayin and Hu Ge, the narrative unspools a psychological cat-and-mouse game tracking the 40-year relationship between Xiao Dali, a stubborn grassroots police chief, and Feng Jingbo, a quiet alleyway schoolteacher whom the officer suspects is a deeply embedded sleeper spy.

Edko Films’ martial arts action vehicle “The Furious” occupied the fourth spot, pulling in $6 million to push its cumulative box office total to $25.3 million. Directed by action veteran Kenji Tanigaki and produced by Bill Kong, the film stars Xie Miao as an ordinary man waging a brutal, high-stakes war against a child trafficking network in Southeast Asia after his daughter is kidnapped, alongside Joe Taslim as a tenacious journalist searching for his missing wife.

Rounding out the top five, Momo Pictures’ sci-fi romance “The Boy Who Counted Cars” debuted with $5.8 million over its opening framework. Written and directed by Ling Yim, the romantic drama stars Roy Wang as A-Zhi, an eccentric young man convinced that his entire reality is an artificial simulation. His single-minded obsession to uncover proof that the world is unreal begins to blur when he meets Xiao Yi (Wen Qi), a free-spirited and unpredictable young woman whose presence forces him to choose between his quest for abstract truth and the genuine human connection he has discovered.

Mainland China’s overall weekend grosses reached $58.5 million, while the 2026 year-to-date revenue stands at $2.48 billion, down 40.8% from the same period in 2025.