This year, the Chinese film market has had a hot start, showing vigorous development vitality and achieving outstanding box office results. The "gold content" of the Chinese film market is still rising.
According to data from online platforms, my country's movie box office (including pre-sales) in 2025 has exceeded 25 billion yuan, ranking first in the world.
As of 18:30 on April 25, the cumulative pre-sale box office (including previews) for this year's "May Day" period reached 13.329 million yuan, among which "Dumpling Queen", "Gold Hunting Game", "A Good Start in Life", "The Vast Horizon is My Love" and "Thunderbolts" are temporarily ranked in the top five of the pre-sale box office list.
In cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu, movie-themed exhibitions, IP pop-up stores, and derivative blind box economies have shown a sustained and hot consumption boom. Many cities have also launched cultural tourism routes centered on domestic animation or historical films, driving in-depth cultural consumption beyond movie watching.
