China-Box Office/2025
Beijing, China - Dec 31, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of people at movie theater
2. Various of moviegoers getting tickets from self-service machine
3. Poster
Yunnan Province, southwest China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Screens showing posters
5. Posters
6. Various of moviegoers having tickets checked
Hunan Province, central China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Film being screened
8. Various of moviegoers watching film
9. Moviegoers leaving screening hall
10. Various of people at movie theater
FILE: Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Clips of "Ne Zha 2"
Beijing, China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Zhouyu, moviegoer:
"The movie that left the deepest impression [in 2025] on me was 'Nezha 2' released in January. It draws from traditional Chinese cultural story and mythology. The production is exquisite, and many plot points were truly touching."
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Dang Xinyuan, moviegoer:
"'Nezha 2' left me in awe. We watched 'Nezha 2' together, right when it came out this year. We've watched the first one. And during the summer holiday, we also watched 'Nobody' together. My son wanted to see both and I just came and accompany him. I feel that our domestic animated films have made enormous progress."
FILE: Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Clips of "Nobody"
Henan Province, central China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) moviegoer (name not given):
"'Nobody' has impressed me the most. The characters in the film are just like us ordinary people working hard to live. It was both healing and empowering."
Beijing, China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. Moviegoers getting tickets from self-service machine
17. People at movie theater
18. Moviegoers having tickets checked
19. Moviegoers watching film
China's 2025 box office revenue totaled 51.8 billion yuan (about 7 billion U.S. dollars), up nearly 22 percent year on year, according to the China Film Administration on Thursday.
Of the total box office, the year-end's grossed over 5.3 billion (about 758 million U.S. dollars), a new record in eight years.
Domestic films accounted for 41.2 billion (about 5.89 billion U.S. dollars) yuan of total box office revenue, representing a 79-percent rise over the previous year. Total admissions stood at 1.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 22 percent.
A total of 51 films had recorded box office revenue exceeding 100 million yuan during the year, including 33 domestic productions.
The defining trend of the 2025 film market was the unprecedented success of animated films. Data indicated that 2025 was the highest-grossing year for animated films in the history of Chinese cinema, with animation occupying four of the top 10 spots at the annual box office.
Chinese animation film "Ne Zha 2" became both the all-time box office champion in Chinese film history and the top-grossing animated film worldwide, earning 15.446 billion yuan (about 2.21 billion U.S. dollars), while "Nobody" grossed 1.7 billion yuan (about 251 million U.S. dollars), setting a new record for 2D animated films in Chinese box office history.
The two biggest animated hits both drew on elements of traditional Chinese culture, with 'Nezha 2' inspired by the myth of a rascally young deity, and 'Nobody' retelling the classic work "Journey to the West" from the perspective of the story's yaoguai monsters.
"The movie that left the deepest impression [in 2025] on me was 'Nezha 2' released in January. It draws from traditional Chinese cultural story and mythology. The production is exquisite, and many plot points were truly touching," said Zhao Zhouyu, a moviegoer in Beijing
"'Nezha 2' left me in awe. We watched 'Nezha 2' together, right when it came out this year. We've watched the first one. And during the summer holiday, we also watched 'Nobody' together. My son wanted to see both and I just came and accompany him. I feel that our domestic animated films have made enormous progress," said Dang Xinyuan, another moviegoer in Beijing.
"'Nobody' has impressed me the most. The characters in the film are just like us ordinary people working hard to live. It was both healing and empowering," said a moviegoer in central China's Henan Province.
China-Box Office/2025
Dateline : Jan 1, 2026/Recent/File
Location : China
Duration : 2'13
Beijing, China - Dec 31, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of people at movie theater
2. Various of moviegoers getting tickets from self-service machine
3. Poster
Yunnan Province, southwest China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Screens showing posters
5. Posters
6. Various of moviegoers having tickets checked
Hunan Province, central China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Film being screened
8. Various of moviegoers watching film
9. Moviegoers leaving screening hall
10. Various of people at movie theater
FILE: Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Clips of "Ne Zha 2"
Beijing, China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Zhouyu, moviegoer:
"The movie that left the deepest impression [in 2025] on me was 'Nezha 2' released in January. It draws from traditional Chinese cultural story and mythology. The production is exquisite, and many plot points were truly touching."
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Dang Xinyuan, moviegoer:
"'Nezha 2' left me in awe. We watched 'Nezha 2' together, right when it came out this year. We've watched the first one. And during the summer holiday, we also watched 'Nobody' together. My son wanted to see both and I just came and accompany him. I feel that our domestic animated films have made enormous progress."
FILE: Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Clips of "Nobody"
Henan Province, central China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) moviegoer (name not given):
"'Nobody' has impressed me the most. The characters in the film are just like us ordinary people working hard to live. It was both healing and empowering."
Beijing, China - December 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. Moviegoers getting tickets from self-service machine
17. People at movie theater
18. Moviegoers having tickets checked
19. Moviegoers watching film
China's 2025 box office revenue totaled 51.8 billion yuan (about 7 billion U.S. dollars), up nearly 22 percent year on year, according to the China Film Administration on Thursday.
Of the total box office, the year-end's grossed over 5.3 billion (about 758 million U.S. dollars), a new record in eight years.
Domestic films accounted for 41.2 billion (about 5.89 billion U.S. dollars) yuan of total box office revenue, representing a 79-percent rise over the previous year. Total admissions stood at 1.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 22 percent.
A total of 51 films had recorded box office revenue exceeding 100 million yuan during the year, including 33 domestic productions.
The defining trend of the 2025 film market was the unprecedented success of animated films. Data indicated that 2025 was the highest-grossing year for animated films in the history of Chinese cinema, with animation occupying four of the top 10 spots at the annual box office.
Chinese animation film "Ne Zha 2" became both the all-time box office champion in Chinese film history and the top-grossing animated film worldwide, earning 15.446 billion yuan (about 2.21 billion U.S. dollars), while "Nobody" grossed 1.7 billion yuan (about 251 million U.S. dollars), setting a new record for 2D animated films in Chinese box office history.
The two biggest animated hits both drew on elements of traditional Chinese culture, with 'Nezha 2' inspired by the myth of a rascally young deity, and 'Nobody' retelling the classic work "Journey to the West" from the perspective of the story's yaoguai monsters.
"The movie that left the deepest impression [in 2025] on me was 'Nezha 2' released in January. It draws from traditional Chinese cultural story and mythology. The production is exquisite, and many plot points were truly touching," said Zhao Zhouyu, a moviegoer in Beijing
"'Nezha 2' left me in awe. We watched 'Nezha 2' together, right when it came out this year. We've watched the first one. And during the summer holiday, we also watched 'Nobody' together. My son wanted to see both and I just came and accompany him. I feel that our domestic animated films have made enormous progress," said Dang Xinyuan, another moviegoer in Beijing.
"'Nobody' has impressed me the most. The characters in the film are just like us ordinary people working hard to live. It was both healing and empowering," said a moviegoer in central China's Henan Province.
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Published : 2026-01-01 12:19
Last Modified : 2026-01-01 18:52:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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