'China Box Office Slows Trailing 2019 By More Than
Slows Trailing 2019 By More Than
Finally, a
newly released film has penetrated China’s box office top five, the first time this
But “Serendipity
Love” had so little impact that it failed to displace the incumbent “Home Coming” from
And the
nationwide theatrical business slipped to within a whisker of its weakest weekend performance this year
The total
achieved by all films currently on release was just $9
7 million over
the latest Friday to Sunday weekend, according to consultancy Artisan Gateway
Only two
weekends in 2022 have been weaker, in late April and early May, when Shanghai was in
The current
theatrical weakening means that the box office deficit compared with previous years is deepening
China’s cinema
box office is currently down 35% on 2021, with a year-to-date total of $3
Against 2019,
the last pre-COVID year, it is down by more than half
China’s box
office total at the same point in 2019 stood at $8
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