Chart of the Day: China’s Barely Record-Breaking Box Office

China’s box office hit a record high for this year’s Lunar New Year holiday, even though cinema ticket sales came in below analyst expectations as growth slowed to its weakest pace in years.

Box office revenue for the week inched up 0.5% from the previous year to 5.8 billion yuan ($855.15 million), falling well below the growth rate of 68% for the previous Lunar New Year period, according to Dengta, a film analytics platform backed by Alibaba Pictures.