More blockbusters are on their way to "flood" Chinese theaters in the following weeks. Among them are several Oscar winners, including the satirical fantasy Jojo Rabbit, the biographical drama Ford v Ferrari and World War I epic 1917.

More classics will be screened in August, such as director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi film Interstellar and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first movie of the eight-installment Harry Potter franchise.

Audiences will see more new domestic films by the end of summer, once a lucrative box-office season. The noir animated flick Mr Miao and the romance The Enigma of Arrival will open on Friday, followed by Wild Grass and Love You Forever-two romances tailored for Qixi, the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day, on Aug 25.

According to Imax China, 369 of its more than 700 screens had resumed operation by Sunday. The company aims to have 600 screens open by mid-August.