New online documentary shows Chinese restorer working at Cartier workshop to bring old timepieces back to life.
Mini documentary series The Great Shokunin will return to video streaming site Youku, with the upcoming third season scheduled for release on Jan 18.
One of Chinese TV's highest-rated comedy shows, Top Funny Comedian, returned to the small screen over the weekend.
A romance shot in Antarctica is set to hit Chinese theatres on Feb 2.
Around 23 years ago, Robin William's film Jumanji ended on a beach, with the last scene showing the Jumanji board game half-buried in the sand. The same box was picked up at the end of 2017 at the opening of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", the second installment of the Jumanji franchise directed by Jake Kasdan.
Within the space of two weeks, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" swept the world to overtake fellow Disney blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" to top the North American box office for 2017.
With his latest epic, Legend of the Demon Cat, Chen Kaige, a leading figure among "China's fifth-generation filmmakers", has revived his reputation after a decade of flops. Xu Fan reports.
Chinese actor/director Wu Jing's film Wolf Warrior 2, documentary Twenty Two, director Feng Xiaogang's nostalgic film Youth and the Polish-English coproduction Loving Vincent are among the box-office hits of the Chinese film industry in 2017. [Photo provided to China Daily]
According to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, China's movie box office revenue rose by 13.45 percent in 2017 to more than 55.9 billion yuan (8.6 billion US dollars), with domestic films contributing to 53.84 percent of the market.
2017 was witness to a wave of momentum at Chinese box office, with grosses poised to make it the biggest year in history.
Latest figures show China's box office total in 2017 soared to 55.9 billion yuan ($8.59 billion), up 13.45 percent year on year, according to State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
Huayi Brothers, a comprehensive privately owned entertainment group founded in Beijing, has started exploring new development modes by combing film with tourism and global cultural elements.