In 2016, the total box office of national movies was 45.7 billion, and 41,179 movie screens ranked first in the world.

China has 41,179 movie screens, ranking first in the world.

　　In 2016, the total box office of national movies was 45.712 billion, up 3.73% year-on-year. Compared with the growth rate of 48.7% last year, the good momentum has come to an abrupt end. In addition to the steady growth in the first quarter (Spring Festival file) last year, the box office was negative for five months in the next nine months.

　　Nearly 60% of the films made were not released.

　　In 2016, the number of cinema visitors in the city was 1.372 billion, an increase of 8.89% year-on-year. The growth rate of movie attendance is greater than that of box office, indicating that the average fare has decreased, and the national average fare is about 33.32 yuan.

　　In 2001, there were 84 films with box office exceeding 100 million yuan, including domestic movie 43 films. The box office of domestic films was 26.663 billion, accounting for 58.33% of the total box office, once again exceeding that of imported films. This year, many imported films are actually sponsored by domestic investors, such as Kung Fu Panda 3, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2, or participated in the project, such as Warcraft, Bourne ultimatum 5, Star Trek 3, revenant, Hacksaw Ridge, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and Nine Lives.

　　In the whole year, 772 feature films, 49 animated films, 67 science and education films, 32 documentary films and 24 special films were produced, totaling 944. Among them, less than 400 films have been shown in cinemas, accounting for 42%. In other words, nearly 60% of the films made have not been shown.

　　In 2016, there were 1,612 new cinemas and 9,552 new screens. At present, the total number of screens in China has reached 41,179 (more than 7,600 cinemas), surpassing the North American market (about 39,000) and becoming the country with the largest number of movie screens in the world. Last year, the number of screens in the world increased by 11,260, an increase of 8%, totaling 152,000. Among them, the number of screens in China increased by 8035, accounting for 71.36%. Judging from the changes in the past two years, the proportion of China’s screens in the world should be 21%-25%.

　　Hollywood blockbusters rely on China to attract gold.

　　In 2016, 724 movies were released in North America, with a box office of $11.25 billion, which was basically the same as last year. In fact, for many years, the mature North American market has maintained a stable state, and the number of people watching movies and the box office have not increased or decreased by more than 10%.

　　Therefore, overseas, especially China, has become a key market for major Hollywood film companies. Hollywood has been doing well, too. Many blockbusters have far more overseas box office than those in North America. For example, Captain America: Civil War, which has the highest box office in the world this year, has 64.6% overseas box office. For example, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Warcraft, the overseas box office accounts for 72.5% and 89.1% respectively. And a large part of these overseas box offices are sold in China. For example, the box office of Warcraft in China is as high as 1.472 billion RMB, which is equivalent to 212 million US dollars at the current exchange rate, accounting for 55% of the overseas box office of 386.3 million US dollars.

　　Because the China market is too big, the box office of a Mermaid in Stephen Chow is as high as 3.393 billion, ranking 12th in the global box office list in terms of US dollars. Compared with China, its North American box office is only $3.23 million, accounting for 0.6% of the global total box office. (According to Sohu)