China’s film history has more than 1 billion films at the box office and 100 highlights are here.


Special feature of 1905 film network On the first day of 2023, it broke through the billion mark, so far there have been 100 films with box office exceeding one billion in China film history. Happily, 64 of them are domestic movies. Let’s review, what are the characteristics of films with box office exceeding one billion in China’s film history?


In 2010, the filmAvatarBreaking through one billion box office has opened a new era of single-chip box office in China. Two years later, with a box office success of 1.26 billion, "Lost in Thailand" became the first domestic film to break through one billion.



In 2015, 2.434 billion box office was harvested, and the single box office of domestic movies once again reached a new level.


In 2016, The Mermaid, directed by the director, won 3.386 billion box office in the Spring Festival, becoming the first film in China’s film history to break 3 billion.


A year later, the single-chip box office of domestic movies was pushed to the level of "5 billion+".


In 2021, it gained 5.772 billion box office, which set a new box office record of Wolf Warriors 2 for four years and raised the single box office record of China film history again.


Among the 100 films with box office exceeding one billion, 64 were made in China, and many records were born. In 2021, it took only 9 hours and 27 minutes to break through 1 billion box office, making it the fastest movie to break through 1 billion box office.


The theme of military action is gradually emerging. 

Since 2014, the number of films at the box office of one billion and above has been rising continuously, which has promoted the annual total box office to a new level, and the film market in China has become more and more prosperous. In the opinion of data analysts, billion-dollar films such as military action, fantasy comedy and drama are relatively outstanding.


Military action movies have gradually emerged since 2016, and later "Wolf Warriors 2" and The Battle at Lake Changjin pushed this kind of movies to the ranks of explosions.


Analyst Liu Zhenfei said, "The theme of military action has become a new mainstream theme in the market. We have added more grand scenes, and some of them have restored the historical facts of the year, so the whole pattern and production have been further improved, and a type of big box office movies is often born. "


"Plot theme, we will also have some representative works. For example, since 2019, including and, it is also a rare story theme that can break through 1 billion box office. "


The important schedule is the box office output position

From the distribution of the schedule, the four important schedules, Spring Festival, National Day, Summer Holiday and New Year’s Eve, have produced many domestic films with a billion box office and created many highlights.


"The summer file is undoubtedly the highest production schedule in a year, because it spans three months, and it is also the schedule with the largest number of domestic billion movies. There are 27 movies, including the summer file in 2018. Six billion box office movies were born." Liu Zhenfei introduced.


"The Spring Festival file is also the highest frequency and the most intensive one billion movies in recent years. Since 2016, three billion movies have been born every year in the Spring Festival. It basically represents the role that can boost the spirit of the industry in the past year. At present, 20 1 billion movies have been born.


The explosive power of the National Day file is not as strong as that of the Spring Festival file, but it is relatively stable. Since 2014, at least one billion movies have been born every year, and at present, 14 billion movies have also been born. "


In the past 13 years, domestic films have constantly set new box office records. I believe that under the background of the gradual recovery of the film and television market, the number of films with box office exceeding one billion will also reach a new high, which will drive China’s film creation to new glory.