China's box office sets new record in 2012

 BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's film industry earned about 16.8 billion yuan(2.69 billion U.S. dollars) in the box office in 2012, with domestic¹ movies contributing less than half of the revenue², the Chongqing Economic Times reported on Thursday.

A total of 303 movies were shown in Chinese theaters in 2012. The number of domestic movies accounted for three quarters of the total. They earned 8 billion, or 47.6 percent of the box office, according to the report.

Only three Chinese movies, "Lost in Thailand", "Painted Skin: The Resurrection" and Jackie Chan's "Chinese Zodiac 12", made into the list of the top ten highest-grossing movies in the year, the newspaper reported.

"Lost in Thailand", a low-budget comedy premiered on Dec. 12 and will remain in theaters until mid-January, raked in 989 million yuan as of Dec. 31 and became the highest-grossing Chinese domestic movie to date.

James Cameron's "Titanic³" in 3D took in 935 million yuan in Chinese theaters in 2012 and was the year's highest-grossing imported movie. The director's blockbuster "Avatar," which took in nearly 1.4 billion yuan in 2010, still holds China's box office record.

The box office of China's movie industry is growing rapidly in the past few years.

In 2008, box office sales in China was 4.8 billion yuan. The number jumped to more than 10 billion in 2010 after witnessing a moderate increase to 6 billion in 2009. In 2011, domestic and foreign movies took in over 13.1 billion yuan.

1 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

2 revenue   

n.总收入，财政收入，税收；税务局

参考例句：

• The country diminished the revenue by reducing tax.这个国家通过减税而使税收减少了。
• A government's revenue and expenditure should be balanced.政府的财政收入和支出要平衡。

3 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。