In 2016, the number of visitors to China films during the halftime period increased by 8.9%, and ticket prices fell

Industry insiders analyze that 2016 is an "important but extraordinary" year for China films. Faced with multiple factors such as the continuous improvement of audience appreciation, changes in the film creation system, the annual cyclical characteristics of film creation and changes, and the rapid development of the Internet, China films have maintained steady growth based on their high level in 2015.

Original title: In 2016, China's movie box office was 45.7 billion yuan, and the number of movie visitors exceeded 1.3 billion

. According to public data, the total box office of movies nationwide in 2016 was 45.712 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.73%; The number of movie visitors in urban theaters was 1.372 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.89%; The average ticket price of movies was 33.31 yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.61%. The box office of domestic films was 26.663 billion yuan, accounting for 58.33% of the total box office. Overseas box office and sales revenue of domestic films was 3.825 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.09%.

According to statistics, in 2016, my country produced a total of 772 feature films, 49 animated films, 67 science and education films, 32 documentary films, and 24 special films, totaling 944 films; the number of feature films and the total number of films increased by 12.54% and 6.31% respectively over the previous year. There were 84 films with box office exceeding 100 million yuan throughout the year, including 43 domestic films.

In addition, 1612 new cinemas and 9552 new screens were added across the country. At present, the total number of screens in China has reached 41179, making it the country with the largest number of movie screens in the world.

Editor: Nancy