A comedy film named Goodbye Mr. Loser without celebrities and with all its actors making their movie debuts raked in 593 million yuan ($93 million) at the Chinese box office over the National Day holiday.

The actors in Goodbye Mr. Loser are all stage performers who honed their comedic skills during live performances.

The movie's surprising success came as the seven-day holiday saw another record for the nation's film industry, with box office takings of 1.85 billion yuan.

Goodbye Mr. Loser is the first movie made by Mahua FunAge Production Co. Ltd., which is due to become the first comedy stage show producer to be listed in China.

It had taken more than 900 million yuan in ticket sales as of Monday, just behind the highest-grossing film being shown at the same time－Lost in Hong Kong. This movie has earned 1.56 billion yuan to date, according to EntGroup Consulting, an entertainment industry consultancy in Beijing.

More than 95 percent of its revenue comes from stage plays and related products, with 90 percent of income from ticket sales.

Founded in 2003, Mahua FunAge Production specializes in producing and distributing comedy stage shows. As of November 2013, it had produced more than 20 plays and three musicals.

Source: chinadaily.com.cn