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BackThe total box office of Chinese movies in 2026 will exceed 30 billion yuan, demonstrating economic vitality and cultural confidence.
The total box office of Chinese movies in 2026 will exceed 30 billion yuan, demonstrating economic vitality and cultural confidence.
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The total box office of Chinese movies in 2026 will exceed 30 billion yuan, demonstrating economic vitality and cultural confidence.

Domestic films occupy eight of the top ten box office seats. The output value of the film industry chain exceeds 470 billion yuan, and the total number of screens is nearly 96,000.

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  • As of now, the total box office of Chinese movies in 2026 has exceeded 30 billion yuan.
  • Domestic films performed strongly, occupying eight of the top ten boxes at the box office.
  • The film industry drives consumption through the "Film+" model, and the output value of the entire industry chain exceeds 470 billion yuan, reflecting the resilience and high-quality supply capabilities of the Chinese film market.

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In 2026, the Chinese film market will achieve double growth in box office and industrial chain output value through high-quality supply and the "movie+" model.

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Share the screen feast and encounter wonderful experiences. According to online platform data, as of now, the total box office in 2026 has exceeded 30 billion yuan. You and I have created another "10 billion project", which embodies everyone's desire and hope for a better life and reflects China's unique characteristics of great economic potential, sufficient stamina, stable foundation, and wide space. From New Year's Day and Spring Festival, to May Day, summer vacation, and then to Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, the Chinese film market has been steadily improving. The "gold content" of 30 billion outlines a clear outline of high-quality supply in the Chinese film market. Rich themes, full connotations, continuous good films, and continuous surprises vividly explain the key to China's economic vitality and resilience.

High-quality supply connects cultural confidence, unleashing the hard-core level and reputation confidence of Chinese films. The dazzling report card of "30 billion" reflects the gold content and hard power of China's film industry. Among the top ten films at the box office this year, eight are domestic films, and the top five are all "Chinese-faced". Nine domestic films have a box office of more than 1 billion yuan. Works such as "Flying Life 3" and "Welcome to Dragon Restaurant" have won "double praise" from word of mouth and box office for their high-quality content. Taking root in the fertile cultural soil, grasping the trend of the times, playing the strong voice of China, and resolutely moving towards "new" and "wisdom", "Screen China" shines with brilliance, constantly climbing to the peak of the film market and writing a new chapter.

Understand the screen stories, shape the screen ecology, create consumer fireworks, and stimulate economic vitality. Listen to the story on the screen, and see the ecology outside the screen. The "movie+" model continues to break through the circle, and a silver screen connects entertainment, leisure and spiritual enjoyment, becoming the city's new "cultural living room". From the issuance of movie tickets, to ticket stubs for visiting markets and concerts, to the upgrade of special effects halls, to the simultaneous live broadcast of sports events and cinemas, etc., movies have continued to evolve from a single experience of "watching" to a "complex chain" that drives urban consumption and empowers the real economy. The silver screen penetrates the deep texture of urban and rural consumption, empowers the flourishing consumer ecology, and accumulates new momentum for high-quality development.

The charm of light and shadow in China is endless, and good films and trust go in both directions. It is reported that the output value of the entire film industry chain has exceeded 470 billion yuan this year. "Movie+" has stimulated box office growth, satisfied the spiritual needs and happiness aspirations of hundreds of millions of people, and carried the most connotative and profound value pursuit of screen China. The total number of screens in the country has reached nearly 96,000, and infrastructure, special effects enhancements, safety upgrades, etc. are improving. In particular, a series of good films are constantly being released and high-quality works are booming. They attract popularity and traffic, directly promote countless audiences to enter the theater, and support the cornerstone of market trust. What's more worth mentioning is that as of October 3, this year's National Day box office had handed in 500 million responses, which is the "collision of light and shadow" between the spirit of the times of good deeds and innovation and creation.

Chinese films are getting better and better, empowering the economy to be resilient and dynamic. A movie ticket is on the "ticket stub" and a silver screen is "outside the screen", which connects the chain of cultural tourism, entertainment and leisure, and consumer industries, allowing the screen feast to go out of the theater, into human fireworks, into thousands of households, and integrate into the city's various industries, consumption, production and economic society, witnessing the level of China's film industry rising to new heights, and blooming the charm of China's strong economic resilience and vitality. Grasp the connotation of the times, lead the development trend, base on the long history of culture, tell the Chinese story of the times, and intersect the pastel world of light and shadow. "30 billion" is just the beginning, and the good happiness that the people hope for is in the far-reaching silver screen blueprint.

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