Mid-year film inventory: How are the results of a total of 221 domestic films released?

statistics on the mainland film market show that the box office growth of domestic films is mainly due to the increase in the number of mainland cinemas, with 2584 new screens, providing a broad market for domestic films.

original title: inventory of movies in the middle of the year: 221 films released

Calendar has been turned to July, and the transcript of the Chinese mainland film market in the first half of the year has also been released. According to preliminary statistics from the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, publication, Radio, Film and Television, the total box office in the first half of 2017 was 27.175 billion yuan, an increase of 10.49 percent over the 24.594 billion yuan in the same period last year, and the number of urban moviegoers was 781 million, up 7.92 percent from 723 million in the same period last year. Among them, domestic films grossed 10.46 billion yuan, accounting for only 38.5% of the total box office. The increase in the box office in the first half of the year mainly came from the increase in the number of screens in the mainland. In the first half of 2017, there were 460 new cinemas, 2584 new screens and 14 new screens per day. At present, the number of film screens in China has exceeded 45000, surpassing North America to become the country with the largest number of film screens in the world.

at the same time, the number of movies is also increasing. A total of 221films were released in the first half of 2017, 36 more than the same period last year, of which 169domestic films, an increase of 17.36 percent over the same period, and 52 imported films, an increase of 26.83 percent over the same period. It is not difficult to see that the number of domestic films is much higher than that of imported films, but the box office data is just the opposite. the box office of imported films with 16.715 billion yuan far exceeds that of 10.46 billion yuan for domestic films.

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in the first half of the year, 41 films grossed over 100 million at the box office. Among them, 17 domestic films and 24 imported films grossed over 100 million at the box office. At the box office, imported films still won. "Fast and Furious 8" topped the box office in the first half of the year with 2.49 billion, while Kung Fu Yoga, the highest domestic film, failed to enter the 2 billion box office club and ranked second with 1.75 billion. In the first half of the year, there happened to be ten films that grossed more than $1 billion at the box office. In this top 10 list, except for "Kung Fu Yoga", there are only "Journey to the West" and "braving the waves", while imported films occupy seven seats.

among them, the brightest eye is the Indian movie "Wrestling!" Dad, which ranked fourth with 1.29 billion, is still in theaters. More importantly, the film completed the road of counterattack with a high reputation, refreshed Chinese people's understanding of Indian films and sports films, and taught domestic filmmakers a solid lesson, even if the Hollywood film special effects are miraculous. After all, it's not as good as a moving story.

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the box office in February this year reached 6.18 billion yuan, making it the highest in the first half of the year. The top three domestic films, "Kung Fu Yoga", "Journey to the West" and "braving the Wind and waves" all come from this month, which shows the ability to attract money during the Spring Festival. However, after the Spring Festival, domestic films have almost always been "crushed" by imported films, and even domestic films with a certain weight in Qingming Festival and May Day have not been able to reverse the predicament.

the reason, I am afraid, is that the overall quality of domestic films is worrying, making audiences lose the motivation to go to the cinema. Some people in the industry have also pointed out that over-reliance on schedules is also a major drawback of domestic films. For example, on May 1st, four domestic films like you, memory Master, bomb disposal expert and Chunjiao Jiuzhiming have good reputation and have their own bright spots, but it is precisely because they are released in a crowd that the audience turns back. On the other hand, imported films are released at a pace almost once a week, and do not rely on the so-called holiday economy to attract audiences. This also shows that domestic films are still generally lack of self-confidence, dare not face off with imported blockbusters, but kill each other.

however, winning or losing in the first half of the year does not determine the outcome of the whole year. A large number of domestic heavyweight films will be released during the summer, National Day and Lunar New year holidays in the second half of the year, such as "the Great cause of Building the Army", "the Great Master", "the Legend of Wukong", "Wolf Warriors 2", "embroidered Spring knife 2" and so on. National Day stalls include Feng Xiaogang's "Fang Hua", Dapeng's "Sewing Machine Band", Chen Kaige's "Legend of the Cat", Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Red Sea" and so on. The second half of the year is when domestic films are in full swing. Coupled with many imported blockbusters such as "Spider-Man: the return of Heroes", "Thor 3" and "Justice League" in the second half of the year, the box office in 2017 is expected to break through the 50 billion yuan mark.

Edit: mary