BEIJING: China's box office revenues for Christmas Eve plummeted to the lowest in at least 13 years, data from ticket booking platform Maoyan showed on Wednesday (Dec 25). Zhang Yiwu, a literature professor at Peking University, attributed the decline to a confluence of factors, including an unimpressive selection of films and the rise of streaming services. "The leading reason in my view is a lack of blockbuster films," Zhang said. Takings for Tuesday were 38.4 million yuan (US$5.26 million),