Local fantasy, sci-fi films top 2019 box office
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Domestic films accounted for eight out of the 10 highest-grossing movies screened on the Chinese mainland in 2019, according to the China Movie Data Information Network.
鈥淣e Zha,鈥 an animated fantasy adventure featuring the Chinese mythological character of the same name, topped the Chinese box office with nearly 5 billion yuan (US$715 million).
鈥淭he Wandering Earth,鈥 a film adaption of a Chinese science fiction novel by Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin, came second with 4.68 billion yuan, followed by Disney and Marvel鈥檚 鈥淎vengers: Endgame鈥 with around 4.25 billion yuan.
Two patriotic films that premiered around National Day 鈥 鈥淢y People, My Country,鈥 a film recalling historical moments over the past seven decades, and 鈥淭he Captain,鈥 a cinematic portrayal of the real-life miraculous emergency landing of a Sichuan Airlines plane in 2018 鈥 came in at fourth and fifth.
Sixth and seventh went to domestic comedies 鈥淐razy Alien鈥 and 鈥淧egasus.鈥
鈥淭he Bravest,鈥 a Chinese feature putting the spotlight on firefighters, took eighth, followed by 鈥淏etter Days,鈥 a domestic film that focuses on campus bullying.
The US film 鈥淔ast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw鈥 came 10th with 1.43 billion yuan.
Annual total box office revenue of all films screened on the Chinese mainland last year reached a record high of 63.2 billion yuan as of Sunday.
That figure was 4.1 percent higher than the 60.7 billion for the whole year of 2018.
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