Stalingrad led the domestic box office this weekend, while The Wolverine was edged out to third place. Overall, the weekend ticket sales was close to $23.5 million, which is off 4 percent from the previous week. Imported films took up 73 percent of the three-day revenue.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 43rd week (October 21-27) was about ￥250 million ($41 million), a 25% decrease compared to the number of previous week and up 13% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 7.51 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 42nd week (October 14-20) was about ￥340 million ($55 million), increased 9% compared to the number of previous week and rised 70% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 9.69 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 41st week (October 7-October 13) was about ￥310 million ($50 million), decreased 51% compared to the number of last week and up 47% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 8.68 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 40th week (September 30-October 6) was about ￥620 million ($101 million), a solid 146% rise compared to the previous week and increased 61% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 16.48 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 38th week (September 16-September 22) was about ￥340 million ($55 million), increased 3% compared to the previous week and soared 84% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 10.11 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 37th week (September 9-September 15) was about ￥250 million ($41 million), dropped 5% compared to the previous week and decreased 2% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 7.5 million.

China’s films & TV distribution and sales market maintains rapid growth in 2013. The copyright royalties are estimated to exceed 3 billion yuan ($480 million) and reach a record 3.2 billion ($516 million), 3.6 times higher than 2009.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 36th week (September 2-September 8) was about ￥270 million ($43 million), a 33% slump compared to the previous week and decreased 30% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 7.89 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 35th week (August 26-September 1) was about ￥400 million ($65 million), decreased 14% compared to the numbers of previous week and dropped 16% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 11.57 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 34th (August 19-August 25) week was about ￥470 million ($76 million), a 6% drop compared to last week's numbers and increased 56% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 13.18 million.

According to statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross of the 33rd (August 12-August 18) week was close to ￥500 million ($80 million), decreased 9% compared to last week's numbers and increased 63% y-o-y.

According to the statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross in the 32nd week of 2013 (August 5-August 11) was ￥ 540 million ($88 million), a drop of 4% from the number of last week and increased 69% y-o-y.

According to the statistics from EBOT EntGroup Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross in the 31st week of 2013 (July 29-August 4) was ￥ 570 million ($92 million), a increase of 47% from the number of last week and soared 100% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 15.91 million.

According to the statistics from EBOT EntGroup China Box Office Tracker,the mainland box office gross in the 30th week of 2013(July 22-28) was about ￥380 million(about $62 million), up 8% from the previous week's numbers and increased 41% y-o-y.

According to the statistics from EBOT EntGroup China Box Office Tracker,the mainland box office gross in the 29th week of 2013(July 15-21) was about ￥360 million(about $58 million), down 6% from the previous week's numbers and up 41% y-o-y.

According to the statistics from EntGroup's China Box Office Tracker,the mainland box office gross in the 28th week of 2013(July 8-14) was about ￥380 million(about $62 million), down 6% from the previous week's numbers and up 16% y-o-y.

According to the statistics from EBOT EntGroup China Box Office Tracker, the mainland box office gross in the 27th week of 2013(July 1-7) was about ￥410 million (about $66 million), down 25% from the previous week's numbers and up 8% y-o-y.

Statistics from entFilmbase reveal that there were 300 films released in China Mainland a year period from June 1 2012 to May 31 2013, the total box office reached 18.5 billion yuan ($3.02 billion). Romance, action, and comedy are the three main genres among the films released.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 26th week of 2013(June 24-30, 2013) was about ￥540 million(about $88 million), up 55% compared to the previous week and a 21% increase y-o-y.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 25th week of 2013(June 17-23, 2013) was about ￥350 million(about $57 million), decreased 16% compared to the previous week and a 33% increase y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 9.62 million.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 22nd week of 2013(May 27-June 2, 2013) was about ￥430 million(about $69 million), increased 22% compared to the previous week and a 33% increase y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 12.15 million.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 21st week of 2013(May 20-26, 2013) was about ￥350 million(about $57 million), remained almost the same with the number of the previous week and a 29% increase y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 10.6 million.

Peter Chan’s American Dreams in China hauled in $17 million during its opening three days. Robert Downey Jr.’s superman flick Iron Man 3 earned another $13.4 million in the past seven days, pushing its cume up to $110.86 million. Django dropped to NO. 6 in the weekly box office chart.

By May 16, the Hollywood tentpole IRON MAN 3’s total earnings have accumulated over 620 million yuan, according to Entgroup China Box Office Tracker. Among them, IMAX ticket sales contributed 58 million, accounting for 9.4% of the total box office gross.

Hollywood tentpole Iron Man 3 reattained the box office crown with $32.7 million, Django Unchained, the much-anticipated Quentin Tarantino thriller, came back to the mainland film market and grossed $0.6 million on its opening day.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 18th week of 2013(Apr. 29-May 5, 2013) was approximately ￥920 million(about $149 million), soared 164% compared to the previous week and up 134% y-o-y.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 16th week of 2013(Apr. 15-Apr. 21, 2013) was approximately ￥400 million(about $64 million), a 32% increase compared to the previous week and dropped 9% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 11 million.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 15th week of 2013(Apr. 8-Apr. 14, 2013) totaled ￥300 million(about $48 million), a 34% drop compared to the previous week and decreased 44% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 9.43 million.

According to entFilmbase’s China film box office statistics, the mainland box office gross in the 14th week of 2013(Apr. 1-Apr. 7, 2013) totaled ￥463 million(about $74 million), a 21% rise compared to the previous week and increased 84% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 14 million.