China News Stories Exhibition News IMAX Rings in Record-Breaking Chinese New Year with $34M Boxoffice Staff • Jan 30th Led by $26.3M Gross for 'The Wandering Earth 2' Exhibition News Imax And Wanda Sign Nine-Theater Agreement Across Key Chinese Markets Boxoffice Staff • Oct 17th Imax and Wanda Film, China’s largest exhibitor, have announced a nine-theater deal spanning key Chinese markets, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, among others. Under the agreement, six new Imax systems will be installed in newly built multiplexes, while Wanda will relocate and upgrade three... Exhibition Features The Top 10 Movies of 2021 at the Global Box Office Boxoffice Staff • Dec 31st The global box office recovery in 2021 was once again led by China. Local Chinese blockbusters represent three of the year’s top six highest-grossing films, reflecting its status as the world’s top cinema market. As the year came to a... News & Analysis F9 Global Report: China’s $59.1M Friday Trails Only Detective Chinatown 3 During Pandemic, Drives $69.8M International Start Shawn Robbins • May 21st Friday, May 21 Update: Universal reports today that F9 charged up $59.1 million in China on opening day, representing the second biggest debut of the pandemic by any film other than local entry Detective Chinatown 3. The figure marks Universal's... Overseas Fast & Furious 9 Secures May 21 Release in China Daniel Loria • Apr 16th Universal’s Fast & Furious 9 will launch in China on May 21, over a month ahead of its domestic release. Chinese cinemas are currently accounting for 30 percent of the global box office as several top territories remain closed or... News & Analysis Avatar Reclaims the Global Box Office Throne from Avengers: Endgame with China’s Re-Release, Pushing Past $2.8 Billion (Sunday Update) Shawn Robbins • Mar 13th Nearly 20 months after abdicating the thrown, James Cameron's Avatar has returned to the global box office summit. Disney reports the film has reached $2,802,013,640 through the end of Saturday in China, pushing the film past Avengers: Endgame's now-former record. Exhibition Features Imax’s Market Share Grows in China as CEO Points to Success in Asian Markets as Cause for Optimism in Second Half of 2021 Rebecca Pahle • Mar 10th As in their last earnings call, Imax spent the bulk of their Q4 2020 catch-up focusing on the company’s success in Asian markets, particularly China—where the theatrical industry has underdone an impressive recovery following their Covid-induced shutdown through much of... Exhibition News Imax Signs Agreement with China’s Broadway Circuit for Four New Imax with Laser Theaters in Shanghai Rebecca Pahle • Mar 10th Imax, along with subsidiary Imax China, has signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based chain Broadway Theatre Company Limited for four new Imax with Laser theaters in Shanghai. Broadway Theatre Company Limited currently operates 52 cinemas and 436 screens across five... News & Analysis Global Cinema Federation Celebrates the Record-Breaking Opening Day Gross of Detective Chinatown 3 over the Chinese Lunar New Year Rebecca Pahle • Feb 16th The Global Cinema Federation has put out a statement in celebration of the record-breaking opening weekend performance of Detective Chinatown 3, released over the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. Per data provided by the GCF, Detective Chinatown 3 earned $163... News & Analysis Detective Chinatown 3 Lifts Imax to Chinese New Year Weekend Record Jesse Rifkin • Feb 14th Imax recorded its highest-grossing Chinese New Year weekend at the box office, earning an estimated $25 million from China over the weekend despite the country’s seating restrictions to 75 percent capacity. The record was set almost entirely due to new... News & Analysis China’s The Eight Hundred Becomes First Non-Hollywood Film to Top Yearly Global Box Office w/ $450.4M Jesse Rifkin • Jan 29th The highest grossing movie on planet earth in 2020 was China’s The Eight Hundred, becoming the first title outside the Hollywood system to accomplish the feat with $450.4 million, according to numbers provided to Boxoffice PRO by Chinese distributor Huayi Brothers.... Overseas Global Box Office Down 71% in 2020, China Supplants North America as Top Market Daniel Loria • Jan 15th The global box office suffered a steep 71% decline in 2020, the largest year-over-year drop on record, stemming from the disastrous impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. ComScore is reporting a $12.2 billion tally in global ticket sales at cinemas worldwide... Load more stories
Exhibition News IMAX Rings in Record-Breaking Chinese New Year with $34M Boxoffice Staff • Jan 30th Led by $26.3M Gross for 'The Wandering Earth 2'
Exhibition News Imax And Wanda Sign Nine-Theater Agreement Across Key Chinese Markets Boxoffice Staff • Oct 17th Imax and Wanda Film, China’s largest exhibitor, have announced a nine-theater deal spanning key Chinese markets, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, among others. Under the agreement, six new Imax systems will be installed in newly built multiplexes, while Wanda will relocate and upgrade three...
Exhibition Features The Top 10 Movies of 2021 at the Global Box Office Boxoffice Staff • Dec 31st The global box office recovery in 2021 was once again led by China. Local Chinese blockbusters represent three of the year’s top six highest-grossing films, reflecting its status as the world’s top cinema market. As the year came to a...
News & Analysis F9 Global Report: China’s $59.1M Friday Trails Only Detective Chinatown 3 During Pandemic, Drives $69.8M International Start Shawn Robbins • May 21st Friday, May 21 Update: Universal reports today that F9 charged up $59.1 million in China on opening day, representing the second biggest debut of the pandemic by any film other than local entry Detective Chinatown 3. The figure marks Universal's...
Overseas Fast & Furious 9 Secures May 21 Release in China Daniel Loria • Apr 16th Universal’s Fast & Furious 9 will launch in China on May 21, over a month ahead of its domestic release. Chinese cinemas are currently accounting for 30 percent of the global box office as several top territories remain closed or...
News & Analysis Avatar Reclaims the Global Box Office Throne from Avengers: Endgame with China’s Re-Release, Pushing Past $2.8 Billion (Sunday Update) Shawn Robbins • Mar 13th Nearly 20 months after abdicating the thrown, James Cameron's Avatar has returned to the global box office summit. Disney reports the film has reached $2,802,013,640 through the end of Saturday in China, pushing the film past Avengers: Endgame's now-former record.
Exhibition Features Imax’s Market Share Grows in China as CEO Points to Success in Asian Markets as Cause for Optimism in Second Half of 2021 Rebecca Pahle • Mar 10th As in their last earnings call, Imax spent the bulk of their Q4 2020 catch-up focusing on the company’s success in Asian markets, particularly China—where the theatrical industry has underdone an impressive recovery following their Covid-induced shutdown through much of...
Exhibition News Imax Signs Agreement with China’s Broadway Circuit for Four New Imax with Laser Theaters in Shanghai Rebecca Pahle • Mar 10th Imax, along with subsidiary Imax China, has signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based chain Broadway Theatre Company Limited for four new Imax with Laser theaters in Shanghai. Broadway Theatre Company Limited currently operates 52 cinemas and 436 screens across five...
News & Analysis Global Cinema Federation Celebrates the Record-Breaking Opening Day Gross of Detective Chinatown 3 over the Chinese Lunar New Year Rebecca Pahle • Feb 16th The Global Cinema Federation has put out a statement in celebration of the record-breaking opening weekend performance of Detective Chinatown 3, released over the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. Per data provided by the GCF, Detective Chinatown 3 earned $163...
News & Analysis Detective Chinatown 3 Lifts Imax to Chinese New Year Weekend Record Jesse Rifkin • Feb 14th Imax recorded its highest-grossing Chinese New Year weekend at the box office, earning an estimated $25 million from China over the weekend despite the country’s seating restrictions to 75 percent capacity. The record was set almost entirely due to new...
News & Analysis China’s The Eight Hundred Becomes First Non-Hollywood Film to Top Yearly Global Box Office w/ $450.4M Jesse Rifkin • Jan 29th The highest grossing movie on planet earth in 2020 was China’s The Eight Hundred, becoming the first title outside the Hollywood system to accomplish the feat with $450.4 million, according to numbers provided to Boxoffice PRO by Chinese distributor Huayi Brothers....
Overseas Global Box Office Down 71% in 2020, China Supplants North America as Top Market Daniel Loria • Jan 15th The global box office suffered a steep 71% decline in 2020, the largest year-over-year drop on record, stemming from the disastrous impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. ComScore is reporting a $12.2 billion tally in global ticket sales at cinemas worldwide...