Chinese box office earnings to hit $1.5 bn in 2010
May 2nd, 2010 - 7:36 am ICT by IANSBeijing, May 2 (IANS) Chinese box office earnings could exceed 10 billion yuan ($1.47 billion) this year, up 61 percent from the previous year, an official said.
The box office surged to 6.2 billion yuan in 2009 from less than 1 billion in 2003, said La Peikang, deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
China-made films grabbed a 56.6-percent share of the box office last year with competition from Hollywood blockbusters, La told a forum on animated films in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Xinhua reported.
Director James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic “Avatar” earned a record 1.3 billion yuan ($190 million) in China at the beginning of the year, the film’s distributor said.
The film made a record $2.7 billion globally.
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