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CasanovaZelos posted...

and some Chinese animated film named Ne Zha that for some reason is #9 at the worldwide box office? Did something happen in the Chinese film industry recently? This and Wandering Earth both were big enough within China alone to reach numbers usually reserved for worldwide blockbusters and I'm not sure why there has been a sudden change.

For many years, China's box office has been growing steadily at a rate of ~20-50% per year, to the point where it's gone from a minor consideration 10 years ago to almost as large as the US now. 2019 is actually the first year where Chinese box office growth has slowed practically to a halt (and down in terms of admissions). Despite that, and even though censorship has snipped away several major contenders, ten Asian movies have exceeded $100 million in China this year alone. Another major peculiarity: even though the market's typically frontloaded, if a movie (Ne Zha in this case) has excellent word of mouth, it will run for weeks on end and often turn into a huge blockbuster even without an incredible opening. There's also the fact that ticket booking fees are lumped onto the box office starting early last year, further inflating it by a good 10-15%.

I think the deeper Chinese film industry situation would be a whole other interesting discussion of its own; this is just my attempt at appraising you of China's box office situation.
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