China News Agency, Beijing, January 1 (Reporter Gao Kai) The National Film Administration released data on January 1 that the total box office of national films in 2022 will be 30.067 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), of which domestic film box office will be 25.511 billion yuan. It accounted for 84.85% of the total box office; the annual number of moviegoers in city theaters was 712 million.
According to the "2022 Chinese Film Market Annual Inventory Report" (hereinafter referred to as the report) released by the Beacon Research Institute on the same day, there are 8 domestic films among the top 10 national film box office in 2022, "Shuimen Bridge of Changjin Lake" and "Lonely Walking on the Moon" "The Killer Is Not So Calm" ranks among the top three new films at the box office, and the three films jointly contributed nearly 10 billion in box office, accounting for about one-third of the annual box office.
Among them, "Shuimen Bridge in Changjin Lake" has a cumulative box office of 4.067 billion yuan, winning the annual box office championship and ranking eighth in the box office list of Chinese film history.
According to the report, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang are the top three provincial box office charts, and Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou are the top three city box office charts.
In terms of movie genres, dramas and comedies are firmly in the top two box office categories, while sci-fi genres quickly rose to third place, with sci-fi movies such as "Lonely Walking on the Moon", "Jurassic World 3", "Avatar: Way of Water" and other sci-fi films joining forces. Contribute nearly a quarter of the annual box office.
According to the report, by 2022, women will account for 56% of ticket purchases across the country, an increase of 3% from last year. The third- and fourth-tier cities accounted for more than 40% of the box office for the first time.
According to the report, in 2022, the per capita viewing frequency will be 2.0 times, and 40% of the audience will watch the movie more than once, which is close to the performance in 2020. The report believes that there is still a lot of room for growth in the activity of the audience during this period.
On January 1, with the announcement of the film "No Name" written and directed by Cheng Er, starring Tony Leung, Wang Yibo, etc. on the first day of the Lunar New Year, four new films have been added to the 2023 Spring Festival, which bears great expectations, and the other three are "The Wandering Earth 2", the sequel to the blockbuster sci-fi hit "The Wandering Earth", Zhang Yimou's new costume film "Man Jianghong", "Bear Infested: Stay with Me "Bear Heart"" in the Spring Festival "fixed player" and "Bear Infestation series".
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