Affected by the prevention and control policies of the epidemic in the past year, China's total box office in 2022 was only 3.067 billion yuan (RMB, the same below, about S $ 5.8 billion). Compared with the 47.258 billion yuan in 202136 %, less than half of 64.266 billion yuan in 2019 before the epidemic.

Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency and First Financial report, the data released by the State Film Bureau of China on Sunday (January 1) shows that the total box office of China in 2022 is 30.067 billion yuan, of which the domestic film box office is 255.11100 million yuan, accounting for 84.85%of the total box office; 72 million people watching movie cinema throughout the year.

According to statistics, the box office champion in 2022 is the main theme movie of the Spring Festival stall.More than 3 billion yuan.Avatar, the imported blockbusters released at the end of the year: The box office of Shuidao also exceeded one billion yuan, ranking among the top ten of the annual box office list.

Although the overall income is not good, the Spring Festival in 2022 ushered in the "opening of the door".EssenceHowever, in March, several first -tier cities led by Shanghai had closed a large number of theaters because of the epidemic control, and the box office income was seriously impacted.

According to statistics, during the Qingming holiday in April, the operating ratio of the cinema nationwide was less than 50%, the lowest since the resumption of work in the theater in 2020. The total box office of Qingming file is only 120 million yuan.The minimum box office value of the year has declined by 85%compared to the 820 million yuan in the same period in 2021.

Although the theater business has recovered in the summer vacation, the epidemic situation broke out in various places in the second half of the year, and the box office was eventually unsatisfactory throughout the year.

Sun Jiashan, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Arts, said that looking forward to the Chinese film market in 2023, although more blockbusters are willing to be released and the audience's willingness to watch, the audience will gradually increase, but they still cannot hold too optimistic.manner.

He pointed out in an interview with Chinese media last year that due to the repeated epidemic, before March and April this year, the film market could not have any substantial recovery.Three months.However, he predicts that because the general virus toxicity is weak in summer and the students' willingness to watch movie is strong, the Chinese film market should have a relatively large recovery in the summer vacation.