Update: China's box office revenue hits 29 bln yuan in first half of 2025

BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- China's film market maintained strong growth in the first half of 2025, with total box office revenue exceeding 29.23 billion yuan (about 4.09 billion U.S. dollars), a 22.91 percent year-on-year increase, official data shows.

During the same period, the number of moviegoers increased to 641 million, a 16.89 percent rise from the previous year, according to the data released by the National Film Administration on Tuesday.

Domestic films accounted for 91.2 percent of the total earnings, playing an increasingly important role in the world's largest film market, data shows.

"Ne Zha 2," a domestic blockbuster that has amassed 15.45 billion yuan on the Chinese mainland in 2025, tops the Chinese box office chart as the most-watched and highest-grossing film ever in China. ■