Posters of domestic and international blockbusters attract movie-goers at a cinema in Shanghai on June 25. CHEN YUYU / FOR CHINA DAILY

　　With millions of students beginning their summer vacation, theaters across the country are raising the stakes to contend in the fiercely competitive market.

　　As of Sunday, the summer box office — the year's longest movie season, lasting from June 1 to Aug 31 — has raked in over 2.54 billion yuan ($354.5 million), close to last year's 2.825 billion yuan during the same period, according to the showbiz information live tracker Maoyan Pro.

　　Currently topping the summer charts is the crime filmShe's Got No Name, starring A-list actress Zhang Ziyi. Inspired by a 1945 domestic violence case, the film depicts an abused wife who murdered her husband in Shanghai.

　　Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, the eighth installment of Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise's long-running espionage action franchise, has taken the second spot, followed by the dinosaur-themed sci-fi blockbusterJurassic World Rebirth.

　　A total of 104 films have been released or are set to debut this summer, with animated films — a family-friendly genre — emerging as one of the season's biggest draws.

　　Japanese animated filmDetective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback, andEndless Journey of Love, a Chinese animation feature about the romance between an assassin and a fishing village girl, have respectively ranked as the fourth and sixth highest-grossing titles of the summer.