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China's summer box office just cracked 20 billion yuan — here's every C-ent story fueling it. 🔥

🗓️ Thursday, August 6, 2026 — today on Rè Sōu Daily:

• 🏆 Kung Fu Soccer (功夫足球) — Stephen Chow's (周星驰) comedy blasts past US$200M, leading a record summer box office.
• 🕷️ Spider-Man: Brand New Day (蜘蛛侠：全新的一天) opens huge in China (~US$121M) as part of a record-setting global launch.
• 💰 China's 2026 box office surges past 20 billion yuan (RMB) on the summer boom.
• 💘 Genius Girlfriend (天才女友) — Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) & Hu Yitian (胡一天) — premiered Aug 2 on iQIYI (爱奇艺).
• 🍷 Night Tales (夜语记) — Li Wenhan (李汶翰) & He Nan (何南) — premiered Aug 2 on Tencent Video (腾讯视频).
• 🧂 The Road to Splendor (花开锦绣) — Ding Yuxi (丁禹兮) & Deng Enxi (邓恩熙) — premieres Aug 9 on Tencent Video (腾讯视频).
• 📺 iQIYI (爱奇艺) H1-2026 global report: Chinese dramas + micro-dramas drive overseas growth.
• 🗣️ Rumor mill: trending talk that Zhao Lusi (赵露思) & Dylan Wang (王鹤棣) may reunite for a historical fantasy — unconfirmed.

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Sources: Weibo 微博热搜 via tophub (tophub.today/n/KqndgxeLl9 — unreachable this run) • trendingonweibo.com • Variety • The Hollywood Reporter • Screen Daily • Deadline • PR Newswire (iQIYI International) • DramaPanda • MyDramaList

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Bai Lu just went fully independent and walked straight onto a film set, and a beloved tomb-adventure saga is back after a decade. Everything trending in Chinese entertainment for Tuesday, July 28, 2026:

🎬 Bai Lu (白鹿) begins filming Kai Dao Tu Mi (开到荼蘼) — her first project after leaving Huanyu Film (欢娱影视), a 1990s revenge romance from a Yi Shu (亦舒) novel; credited under her legal name Bai Mengyan (白梦言)🕳️ The Mystic Nine (老九门) returns July 30 — William Chan (陈伟霆) reprises Zhang Qishan (张启山) after 10 years, with Joseph Zeng (曾舜晞)🏷️ Industry watch: new real-name credit rules mean stars appear under legal names🎥 A Journey to Glow (一念江南) — Wang Anyu (王安宇) & Zhao Jinmai (赵今麦) — filming since July 21 with its retooled cast🎞️ Box office: All Wishes Come True (八仙) overtakes Kung Fu Soccer (功夫女足); China's 2026 summer B.O. tops ¥5.7B🔮 Rumor mill (unconfirmed): what Bai Lu prioritizes next now that she's solo

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQFSources: Weibo 微博热搜 · DramaPanda · MyDramaList · CPOP HOME · Variety · Screen Daily · ecns

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Bai Lu (白鹿) just went fully independent and walked straight onto a film set — and China's box office has a new #1. Everything trending in Chinese entertainment for Tuesday, July 28, 2026:

🎬 Bai Lu (白鹿) begins filming Kai Dao Tu Mi (开到荼蘼) — her first project after leaving Huanyu Film (欢娱影视), a 1990s revenge romance adapted from a Yi Shu (亦舒) novel; she's now credited under her legal name Bai Mengyan (白梦言)🀄 All Wishes Come True (八仙) overtakes Kung Fu Soccer (功夫女足) for #1 as China's 2026 summer box office tops ¥5.7 billion👑 Pursuit of Jade (逐玉) — crowned Weibo's best-selling drama of 2026 — keeps climbing, and Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) is the face of the moment🎥 A Journey to Glow (一念江南) — Wang Anyu (王安宇) & Zhao Jinmai (赵今麦) — filming since July 21 with its retooled cast🏷️ Industry watch: new real-name credit rules mean stars appear under legal names🔮 Rumor mill (unconfirmed): what Bai Lu prioritizes next now that she's solo

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQFSources: Weibo 微博热搜 · DramaPanda · MyDramaList · Variety · Screen Daily · ecns · The Hollywood Reporter

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China's box office is on fire and one drama just got crowned Weibo's biggest of the year — here's your 8-minute China entertainment download.

🗓️ Monday, July 27, 2026 — today on Rè Sōu Daily:

• 🎬 Kung Fu Soccer (功夫足球) — Stephen Chow's (周星驰) comeback blasts past $214M / ¥1.46B, one of the summer's biggest films
• 🀄 All Wishes Come True! (八仙！) — the folklore animation from director Mu Zhengyang (穆正阳) surges to the #1 weekend spot, as China's 2026 box office crosses ¥20 billion
• 👑 Pursuit of Jade (朱玉) — Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) & Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) — officially named Weibo's best-selling drama of 2026 and a top driver of iQIYI International's +130% first-half viewership surge
• 📺 Chasing Dreams (谢洛) — Zhang Jingyi (张婧仪) & Chen Zheyuan (陈哲远) — the historical romance lands on Tencent Video
• ⚔️ Jiang Shan Wei Pin (江山为聘) — Chen Zheyuan (陈哲远) & Wu Jinyan (吴谨言) — Mango TV premiere makes it a Chen Zheyuan double-header week
• 🌏 iQIYI International's H1 report: C-dramas and micro-dramas are powering the platform's global growth

📰 New drama every day — one hot search, translated.

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Sources: Weibo 微博热搜 (via tophub.today — not reachable this run), trendingonweibo.com, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, CGTN, Global Times, MyDramaList, IMDb.

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Pursuit of Jade is throwing a concert — without its two leads — and Cheng Yi just started shooting a Hong Kong noir. Here's everything trending in Chinese entertainment for Sunday, July 26, 2026:

• 🎤 Pursuit of Jade 《逐玉》 announces an Aug 15 concert in Shenzhen (深圳) — but leads Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) and Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) are absent from the lineup, sparking fan debate
• 🕵️ Cheng Yi (成毅) begins filming Hong Kong-style suspense drama Lies Hunter 《狩谎》 for Youku (优酷); the HK shoot drew crowds and a concept poster is out
• 📈 Context: Pursuit of Jade 《逐玉》 and Midnight Temptation 《夜色失温》 drove a reported 130% jump in iQIYI International's H1 2026 viewership (Variety)
• 🧳 Set Off Now Season 4 《现在就出发》第四季 is about to start recording [Weibo hot search]
• 🌊 Sisters Who Make Waves Season 7 《乘风破浪的姐姐》第七季 rolls out its lineup and an on-stage moment goes viral [Weibo hot search]
• 🎬 A Journey to Glow 《一念江南》 films on with Wang Anyu (王安宇) and Zhao Jinmai (赵今麦)
• 👍 Quick hits: Xiao Zhan (肖战) likes Stefanie Sun / Sun Yanzi (孙燕姿) [Weibo hot search], plus Mark Chao (赵又廷) on the industry "cold winter," and a moment for the late Patrick Tse (谢贤)

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Sources: Weibo 微博热搜 (via tophub.today) · trendingonweibo.com · Variety · The Straits Times · Shanghai Daily · DramaPanda · MyDramaList

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #weibo #热搜 #PursuitOfJade #ChengYi #XiaoZhan #SistersWhoMakeWaves #cdramanews

Xiao Zhan's survival-drama bootcamp, Dylan Wang wraps his period epic, and Ju Jingyi's new costume set — here's what China's actually searching today.

📅 July 24, 2026 — Today on Rè Sōu Daily:

• 🔥 Xiao Zhan (肖战) trends for his The Infinite 10 Days (十日终焉) filming transformation — straight off the Weibo hot search
• 🎬 Dylan Wang / Wang Hedi (王鹤棣) shares wrap photos as Xie Jingxing (谢景行) in period drama The General's Sole Heir (将门独后) — straight off the Weibo hot search
• 🌸 Ju Jingyi (鞠婧祎) surfaces new set photos from Myriad Flowers World (万花世界) — straight off the Weibo hot search
• 🪷 The Mysterious Lotus Casebook (莲花楼) keeps trending years on, for its "long-tail effect" — straight off the Weibo hot search
• 🎭 Mark Chao / Zhao Youting (赵又廷) on why he turned down xianxia scripts after Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花) — straight off the Weibo hot search
• 🤖 The AI-actor vs. real-actor debate lights up the industry conversation

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Sources: Weibo 微博热搜 (via tophub.today), trendingonweibo.com, MyDramaList, DramaPanda, A Koala's Playground, Sina Entertainment.

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China just crossed 20 BILLION yuan at the box office — and iQIYI crowned its #1 drama of the year. Here's everything trending in C-drama and C-pop today.

📅 Wednesday, July 22, 2026 — today's rundown:

• 🎬 China's 2026 box office passes 20 billion yuan (~$2.9B) (July 19), led by summer titles Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3), A Letter to Grandma, and Blade of the Guardians: Desert Storm (镖人) — confirmed
• 👑 iQIYI (爱奇艺) names Pursuit of Jade (逐玉) — starring Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) and Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) — its top drama of H1 2026, peak popularity index 10,604, 55.1% viewership share — confirmed
• 🆕 Zhaoyang Princess (昭阳公主) premieres July 23 on Bilibili (哔哩哔哩), starring Li Hongyi (李宏毅) and Snow Kong / Kong Xue'er (孔雪儿) — confirmed
• 📈 Chasing Dreams (梦花廷) — Zhang Jingyi (张婧仪) & Chen Zheyuan (陈哲远) — and Overdo (这一秒过火) — Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) & Wang Churan (王楚然) — keep climbing after last week's premieres — confirmed
• 🎤 G.E.M. / Deng Ziqi (邓紫棋) rolls on with her I AM GLORIA World Tour 2.0 — confirmed
• 🌀 Rumor Mill: talk that Zhao Lusi (赵露思) & Song Weilong (宋威龙) are eyed to lead a big-budget xianxia, and that Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) & Wei Daxun (魏大勋) may start filming a thriller-romance next month — both unconfirmed / trending talk

Sources: Weibo 微博热搜 via tophub.today (not reachable this run), trendingonweibo.com, Variety, CGTN, iQIYI / PR Newswire, DramaPanda, Tonboriday, MyDramaList, Parade, CPOP HOME.

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #weibo #热搜 #PursuitofJade #ZhangLinghe #ZhaoLusi #cdramanews #boxoffice

When a legend takes his final bow and two of C-drama's biggest names drop new shows in 48 hours — here's everything China's talking about today.

🗓️ Monday, July 20, 2026 — today on Resou Daily:

• 🕯️ Hong Kong screen legend Patrick Tse — Xie Xian — passes away at 89; son Nicholas Tse confirms (🔥 straight off the Weibo hot search)
• 🎬 Overdo — premieres: Zhang Linghe & Wang Churan in a Republic-era revenge romance
• 👑 Chasing Dreams — premieres today: Zhang Jingyi & Chen Zheyuan
• 📈 Pursuit of Jade — crowned iQIYI's #1 for H1 2026 as international viewership jumps 130% year-on-year
• 👜 Longchamp names opera-and-screen star Chen Lijun its new China brand ambassador
• 🥦 Plus: Guan Xiaotong goes viral over purple broccoli (🔥 Weibo hot search), and a rumor-mill casting whisper

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Sources: Weibo (via tophub.today), trendingonweibo.com, QQ News / Sina, WWD, The Impression, PR Newswire (iQIYI H1 2026), MyDramaList, A Koala's Playground, Tonboriday.

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #weibo #PatrickTse #ChenZheyuan #ZhangLinghe #ZhaoLusi #SongWeilong #ChasingDreams #cdramanews

⚽ Kung Fu Soccer / 功夫足球 — Stephen Chow's sequel to Shaolin Soccer / 少林足球, starring Dilraba Dilmurat / 迪丽热巴 and Ai Mi / 艾米, hits 100M yuan in 27 minutes and 600M+ in three days.

🎬 China's summer box office surpasses 3.4 billion yuan (~$510M) as of July 16, with 60+ titles in the season.

📺 Xiao Zhan / 肖战 locks in two confirmed projects: Legend of Zanghai 2 / 藏海传 (Youku) and espionage thriller Unlimited Espionage / 谍报上不封顶.

🌏 iQiyi's H1 2026 global report crowns Pursuit of Jade its No.1 — the most-searched Chinese historical drama on Google worldwide since 2025.

🆕 July premiere wave: Love for You / 野狗骨头, Road to Success / 灿如繁星, Blossoms of Power / 百花杀, and Key to the Phoenix Heart / 雀骨.

Sources: trendingonweibo.com, CGTN, Global Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, PR Newswire (iQiyi), DramaPanda, MyDramaList, KbizOom.

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #weibo #热搜 #KungFuSoccer #StephenChow #XiaoZhan #Dilraba #boxoffice #cdramanews #mandopop