The Chinese film market, the world's largest one in 2021, is facing a historical low ebb in March as many daily box office revenue only reached less than 20 million yuan($3 million). Chinese film observers said that the current surge in COVID-19 cases nationally as well as a lack of high-quality films are the main factors. But the US movie The Batman is more likely to stimulate the currently muted Chinese film market through solid word-of-mouth and the high popularity of the cast.