Earl R. Merrill: Chinese Movie Box Office Tops $7.5 Billion, Up 15 Percent Over Last Year

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Chinese Movie Box Office Tops $7.5 Billion, Up 15 Percent Over Last Year

Local reports say that as of 6:57PM on Monday night local time, a total of 1.45B moviegoers had attended cinemas in 2017 so far, a 15% increase on 2016. Last year’s box office saw a severe deceleration in growth, to just 3.7% (RMB 45.7B/$6.58B) after a record 2015 had surged 48.7%.