From recovery to redemption: what to expect from China's movie market in 2024
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China's movie market has scored new highs both in box office earnings and cinema admissions. The records achieved during the Spring Festival holiday are seen as a continuation of the robust recovery clinched last year when over 80 percent of the total revenue came from domestically produced films. Have Chinese moviegoers lost interest in Hollywood films? Would the recovery momentum continue or even pick up in the coming months? Host Tu Yun joins David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, Dr. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Dr. Zhou Mi, Deputy Director, Institute of American and Oceania Study, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation for a close look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.
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