Domestic films reel in record take at box office

The national film market grossed more than 10.7 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) in revenue by the end of May, surpassing the 10.2 billion yuan generated in all of 2010, according to a report by EntGroup Consulting, the Beijing-based entertainment industry consultant.

Domestic productions took up the biggest share, with ticket sales of 5.7 billion yuan, leaving the rest to their imported counterparts.

The highest-grossing film so far this year was the domestic movie The Monkey King, which entered theaters on Jan 31, during the Spring Festival. It raked in 1.04 billion yuan in box office receipts, followed by the Hollywood blockbuster Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which took in 720 million yuan.