Welcome to make-believe world of box office returns

The country's film market is booming, if some producers are to be believed. But the State Film Bureau (SFB) has a different story to tell.

Take animated flick Astro Boy, for example. Its co-producer Enlight Media claimed that it had raked in 40 million yuan ($5.8 million) over the first weekend of its release on Oct 23. But the SFB, the industry's top regulator, said it had made only 17 million yuan.

And the SFB was right, for Enlight president Zhang Zhao has apologized for having inflated the figure.