April is set to be a packed month for Chinese mainland theaters. Led by the premiere of Ride On starring Jackie Chan, children s film Super Mario Bros. Movie and the highly anticipated Japanese animated film The First Slam Dunk, films including a remastered release of Titanic and classic Japanese animated film Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street also join the party, which greatly enriches Chinese moviegoers options and indicates that the film market is recovering well.
Finally, they have returned. After 12 years, the blue-skinned alien creatures known as the Na vi are getting ready to enchant Chinese audiences in Avatar: The Way of Water.
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.
Following the popularity of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Chinese movie Breaking Through, which focuses on China s first gold medalist at the Winter Olympics, is set for release on Friday. The film is not the only one aiming to gain more attention with the help of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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