CCTV news: The National Film Administration announced important indicators for the Chinese film industry in 2023 on January 1, 2024. In 2023, the annual movie box office will be 54.915 billion yuan. Among them, the box office of domestic films was 46.005 billion yuan, accounting for 83.77%. The total film output for the year was 971. The number of screens in urban theaters increased by 2,312 during the year, bringing the total number of screens to 86,310.
Audiences’ willingness to watch movies has picked up, and the box office results in important periods have been gratifying. It can be seen from the annual box office data in 2023 that during this year, the audience’s willingness to watch movies continued to rebound. The results for important periods such as the Spring Festival and summer seasons are gratifying.
In 2023, the number of moviegoers in urban theaters will be 1.299 billion. Going to the cinema to watch movies is still an indispensable entertainment item in many people's lives.
The continued rise in audience willingness to watch movies has created gratifying achievements in the important movie schedule in 2023.
The movie box office for the 2023 Spring Festival (January 21 to 27) was 6.758 billion yuan, second only to the 7.842 billion yuan for the 2021 Spring Festival, ranking second in the box office for the same period in Chinese film history. The box office of the Dragon Boat Festival (June 22 to June 24) was 909 million yuan, ranking second in the Dragon Boat Festival box office in film history. The box office of the summer season (June 1st to August 31st) was 20.619 billion yuan, setting a new summer box office record in Chinese film history. (CCTV.com)
