China’s total box office numbers for 2021 topped US$3 billion on the weekend as the industry continues its recovery from a coronavirus pandemic that placed immense pressure on the Chinese film industry.
The box office numbers are nearly equal to the US$3.06 billion raked in during 2020, but it still has a ways to go if it hopes to catch the record US$9.1 billion made in 2019, before the pandemic.
