Milestone Chinese summer box office earnings inject confidence, mirror quality advances

STORY: Milestone Chinese summer box office earnings inject confidence, mirror quality advances DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cinema 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIAOQIAN, Moviegoer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WEI ERGE, Moviegoer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG JIEYU, Moviegoer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LU SHAN, General manager of Poly International Cinema Shenyang K11 store STORYLINE: China has witnessed a movie frenzy this summer. Official data show that China's box office revenue for the 2023 summer movie season had exceeded 20 billion yuan (about 2.78 billion U.S. dollars) as of 10 p.m. on Saturday, setting a new record. China's summer movie season runs from the beginning of June to the end of August. Domestic movies are more popular among moviegoers across the country. The top five positions on China's 2023 summer box office chart are held exclusively by domestic productions. The suspense thriller "Lost in the Stars" leads the

Domestic movies lead market recovery in summer in China

STORY: Domestic movies lead market recovery in summer in China DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people buying movie tickets and drinks 2. various of movies released this summer in China 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WEI ERGE, Moviegoer 4. various of people entering cinema 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU SHAN, General manager of Poly International Cinema Shenyang K11 store 6. various of crew roadshow of Kingdom of Storms STORYLINE: China has witnessed a movie frenzy this summer. And domestic movies are more popular among moviegoers across the country. During this summer movie season that started on June 1, more than 40 new movies have been released in theaters nationwide. As of August 11, the mainland's summer box-office haul had exceeded 16 billion yuan (about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars). The top three highest-grossing films are all domestic productions, including the suspense crime film Lost in the Stars, a true-story-adapted dra