Sino Silver Screen: Top 50 Most-Watched Chinese Films From 2011 to 2019
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Top 50 Most-watched Chinese Films from 2011 to 2019
China’s film industry has been going through a rough time as of late and the decreasing number of moviegoers is seen as a reflection of the current state of the industry. Despite takings of a record high of RMB 5.8 billion during this past Chinese New Year season, that total was due to increased ticket prices, not increased ticket sales. The total number of viewers actually decreased by 15 million. Because the price of a movie ticket varies from cinema to cinema, a film’s box office earnings don’t necessarily reflect how many viewers the film bagged at the theater. This list takes a look at the top 50 most-watched Chinese films from 2011-2019, with the Top 5 including Wolf Warrior 2, The Wandering Earth, Operation Red Sea, The Mermaid, and Dying to Survive. As an example on how ticket takings don't always demonstrate the number of tickets sold, Detective Chinatown 2, which is No. 4 on the box office charts, is only ranked No. 6 by number of views.
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Chinese Electronics Giant Xiaomi Launches New Video App
China’s top electronics company, Xiaomi, has recently released a new video app named Zhenjing (朕惊), which literally translates to “the emperor is shocked.” As well as being a standalone app, Zhenjing also exists as a video account on Douyin, Weibo, and WeChat. According to the official description on its WeChat account, Zhenjing is a video aggregation platform that uses big data to recommend interesting and unique video content to young people. Different from other short-video platforms, such as Douyin and Kuaishou, Zhenjing only offers PGC (Professionally Generated Content). As the online video sector is extremely competitive in China, Zhenjing currently doesn’t have an obvious edge to excel. However, it may simply be a strategic move to further engage with young consumers in order to sell more electronic products in the future.
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China Box Office: ‘More Than Blue’ Becomes the 8th Highest-Grossing Film This Year
Romantic drama More Than Blue topped the single-day box office charts last Thursday with RMB 48.6 million in ticket sales. The film has cumulatively grossed RMB 626 million, overtaking Stephen Chow’s The King of New Comedy (RMB 624 million) to become the eighth highest-grossing film in China in 2019. In comparison, Marvel’s superhero movie Captain Marvel grossed RMB 10.2 million on Thursday with a total of RMB 934 million, ranking second on the single-day box office charts. Although its daily box office showed a downtrend, Captain Marvel still has the opportunity to cross the 1-billion-yuan mark, as the competition is mild this weekend. Several new films, including So Long My Son, Bohemian Rhapsody, Prooi, and Song of Youth, opened in theaters on Friday.
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