Rebecca Davis editorChina built more than 2,000 new screens in the first two months of the year despite the uncertainty facing the exhibition sector due to COVID-19, according to the country’s National Film Administration.China surpassed the U.S.
to become the world’s largest film market last year. It looks set to maintain that status in 2021, as the North American box office continues to slowly reopen after pandemic-induced theater closures and film delays.
China’s total box office hit $2.4 billion (RMB15.6 billion) as of the end of February, far beyond North America’s $145 million total so far this year.
Sales were helped along by the six-day Chinese New Year public holiday, which hit a new historic high of $1.2 million. The country’s.
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