Railroad Tigers, a domestic comedy featuring Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, ruled the Chinese box office in the week ending Jan 1, earning 275 million yuan ($39.9 million), China Film News reported Friday.
For most Chinese filmmakers, 2016 was a disappointing year. The country's once rapidly expanding movie market encountered an unprecedented slowdown. But animated features－the genre that was for a long time seen as children's fare－provided a glimmer of hope in the chilly winter.
The latest series of British drama Sherlock has received over six million viewings on China's video streaming site Youku.com and generated heated discussions since it was released on January 1.
Overnight ratings show about 8.1 million people tuned in to see the return of Sherlock on BBC One on Sunday.
Nie Yuan, winner of the Most Popular Actor Award of the China Student Television Festival, will appear on the small screen in a forthcoming television series.
China's love affair with British-made TV dramas and documentaries shows no sign of easing, as the BBC confirms that series four of Sherlock is returning to the small screen this month on the Youku online platform.
The Hollywood movie industry sold a record-breaking $11.4 billion in tickets in US and Canada in 2016, according to a recent studio estimate from comScore.
Cash-rich Chinese investors are increasingly visible on the international screen.
Insiders say there's a silver lining to stagnant box office takes in 2016. Box office takes for China's film industry remained stagnant in 2016, but most industry insiders see it as a blessing in disguise.
The passing 2016 witnesses a good momentum of North American box office, which grows to be the biggest year in history.
A Shanghai Pudong district court sentenced two Chinese companies to pay 1.35 million yuan ($194,500) to two Hollywood studios on Thursday for infringing on their copyrighted material.
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