This year, the box office of Chinese films exceeded 50 billion, and the top 10 in the box office list were all domestic films.

Author: film and television weather vane

On November 13th, this year, the box office in China mainland exceeded 50 billion yuan. This is the first time that the box office in China has reached this integer mark in the past four years since 2020. It is estimated that the box office in the whole year is expected to reach 55 billion yuan to 56 billion yuan, reflecting the good recovery of the film market in China after the epidemic.

According to the preliminary statistics of the State Film Office, as of November 13th, the box office of China mainland movies exceeded 50 billion yuan this year, which is the first time that the box office of the whole country has reached this integer mark since it came out of the epidemic haze in the past four years from 2019.

Judging from the movies scheduled for more than one month this year, The Wind Vane predicts that the box office of Chinese movies is expected to reach 55 billion yuan to 56 billion yuan in 2023, or it will return to the level of 55.852 billion yuan in 2017.

Although there is still a gap from the highest annual box office record of 64.148 billion yuan in China film history set in 2019, it has shown a good recovery trend of China film market after the COVID-19 epidemic, which is commendable.

Judging from the box office performance of a single film, Up to now, Man Jiang Hong topped the annual box office list with a box office of 4.544 billion yuan. It is not only the highest-grossing film directed by Zhang Yimou, but also the 6th in the total box office list of China film history.

Wandering Earth 2 ranked second with a box office of 4.029 billion yuan. With its extraordinary imagination, excellent production and shocking visual effects, it continued the good reputation and box office trend of the first film, representing the highest level of science fiction movies in China. At the 36th Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony held in Xiamen on the evening of November 4th, the film won two awards, the special award of the jury and the best recording.

The realistic film "Put all your eggs in one basket" directed by the young director’s bid for the Olympic Games ranked third at the box office of 3.848 billion yuan, making it the biggest dark horse in China mainland film market this year. The slogan of the film "One more person watching the movie, one less person being deceived" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Disappeared She, Part One, In an Octagonal Cage, Three Wan Li in Chang ‘an, Bear with Me, Rock-solid and Unfamiliar Life are temporarily ranked 4th to 10th in the annual box office list.

This situation, except once in 2020 due to the epidemic, has seen one or three imported films enter the top 10 of the national annual box office list in other years. Not only that, so far this year, domestic films have accounted for more than 80% of the box office, and the proportion of summer files is as high as 87.58%!

This fully shows that today’s China audiences are more and more fond of watching excellent domestic films, and they are tired of the sequels and routines of Hollywood commercial blockbusters.

The polarization of the film market is also manifested in the increasing proportion of box office in major holidays such as Spring Festival, summer vacation and National Day.

This year’s Spring Festival box office is 6.765 billion yuan, summer box office is as high as 20.62 billion yuan, and National Day box office is 2.735 billion yuan. The box office of these three major periods alone totals 30.12 billion yuan, accounting for more than 60% of the total box office of 50 billion yuan.

If China’s film market wants to change the current situation that it relies too much on the schedule of major holidays, it must, as Mao Yu, executive deputy director of the Film Bureau, put it, "continue to work hard under the creation and construction of weekend schedules".

Looking forward to the rest of this year for more than a month, there will be excellent works to bring more surprises to the audience and the market!