But Chinese film executives are optimistic about the results and the future. Here China.org.cn looks back at the 10 Chinese films to be remembered for 2021 amid the COVID-19 era. 10.

2021 may be marked as the year that China retained the worldwide box office crown and when it also decoupled from the global film industry.

Post-Pandemic Polarization of China’s Film Market Tests Arthouse Films and Firms By Rebecca Davis. ... Overall, there’s a notably smaller presence of Chinese firms and films at the 2021 EFM.

The China box office became the biggest in the world last year, surpassing the US. It's thanks largely to local Chinese productions. Just two Hollywood releases, "F9" and "Godzilla vs. Kong," are ...

Average films will struggle and even the strongest franchises are probably going to earn a lot less in China in 2021 than they did in the past.” This story first appeared in the Jan. 6 issue of ...

The three-hour-long war epic, “The Battle at Lake Changjin," has made a whopping $892 million USD since it was released in China on Sept. 30, shattering records as the country's highest-grossing ...

Already the top film of 2021 globally, Chinese war epic The Battle At Lake Changjin is taking over the title of highest grossing movie ever in China, edging the previous leader, 2017’s Wolf ...

A poster advertising "The Battle at Lake Changjin," a film about Chinese soldiers fighting American troops during the Korean War, is displayed at a movie theater in Shanghai, China October 19, 2021.

Outlining its 14th “Five-Year Plan” for the development of Chinese films, the China Film Administration has said it plans to increase the number of movie screens in the country to 100,000 by ...