Chinese films’ share of takings grew from 54% to 62%, with Chinese New Year releases Operation Red Sea the top-grossing film on $530.8 million, followed by Detective Chinatown 2.Īdmissions increased by 6% to 1.72 billion over the course of the year, while the total number of screens grew by 9,033 to reach 60,079. Avengers Infinity War was the highest-grossing Hollywood movie, and the fifth biggest film overall, with $347.5 million, joined in the top ten by four other US studio movies – Venom, Aquaman, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Ready Player One.
