China's box office exceeded 50 billion yuan (7.5 billion U.S. dollars) Monday, the first year the country has broken the 50-billion mark, according to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT).

 

国家新闻出版广电总局表示，截止本周一中国2017电影票房已超过500亿元人民币（75亿美元），这是中国首次年度票房突破500亿大关。

 

Data from the SAPPRFT showed that as of 6:57 p.m. Monday, a total of 1.448 billion viewers entered cinemas this year, 15 percent up from last year.

 

Box office of domestic movies reached 26.2 billion yuan, accounting¹ for 52.4 percent of the total. A total of 78 films pocketed 100 million yuan each, including 39 domestic ones.

 

The country has seen its box office increase steadily² for the past 15 years. In 2002, it was less than 1 billion yuan; in 2010 over 10 billion yuan; 2013 more than 20 billion yuan and in 2015 over 40 billion yuan.

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