Domestic box office sets new record in Feb

Chinese domestic box office set a new high in global film history, making single-month record in February, Economic View reported on Friday.

By 17:00 Feb 28, Chinese mainland's film industry collected a record 11 billion yuan ($1.64 billion) at the box office in February, up from $10.1 billion yuan in the same period last year, the report said.

The Chinese mainland becomes the first film market to break the 10 billion yuan mark twice in single-month box office revenue.

A total of 10.41 million films were screened in Chinese mainland in February by 17:00 on Thursday, attracting about 259 million movie enthusiasts, according to statistics from Entgroup, a big data consultation firm for China's Media and Entertainment industry.

About 203 new movie theatres were built and 1,221 projection screens were added last month, making the total number of movie theatres and projection screens rise to 10,493 and 62,310, the data shows.