In the first three months of this year, Chinese box office took $1.53 billion (9.48 billion yuan), a rise of around 40 percent from the first quarter of 2014.<\/p>\n
Box office takings in February, which includes the key box office bonanza at Chinese New Year, were up 23 percent at $660 million.<\/p>\n
In March receipts were $447 million this year, versus 261 million yuan last year.<\/p>\n
Last year’s box office take was just shy of $4.8 billion, and was boosted by a strong domestic performance and a monster showing by Transfers: Age of Extinction.Driving the rise in Chinese box office is a sharp rise in the number of screens on offer, with the figure currently standing at over 24,900.<\/p>\n
The biggest Hit in the first quarter was Wong Jing’s The Man from Macau 2, which took $157 million, while Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies took $123 million. This was followed by the historical action movie Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack andAdrien Brody, with $120 million, the Sino-French epic from Jean-Jacques Annaud, Wolf Totem, with $112 million and Big Hero 6 with $85 million.<\/p>\n
let it be known that barring Wolf totem all the other films are Action entertainers once again proving the reach and power of the genre…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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