Chinese Moviegoers Boost Global Ticket Sales 6% to $34.7 Billion
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Chinese movie fans led worldwide cinema sales ahead 6 percent to a record $34.7 billion last year, as the world’s most-populous nation passed Japan to become the No. 2 film market.
Movie-goers in China increased their box-office spending by 36 percent to $2.7 billion last year, according to the Motion Picture Association of America, the Washington-based trade group, which released year-end statistics yesterday.