The Numbers

Topic: Economics / International Image
Source: The Numbers

The Numbers provides both US domestic and the international box office statistics for the highest grossing films since 1975.

Four of the top-20 highest-grossing films in 2019 were produced in China. Collectively, these four movies earned roughly $2.3 billion worldwide. View

Foreign movies generated 35.9 percent of Chinese box office revenues in 2019, down from 41.4 percent in 2013. View

Among the top 20 highest-grossing Chinese features since 2005, less than 1 percent of their total revenue came from overseas. View