CCTV News: Since 2025, Chinese films have shown vigorous development vitality. Many films represented by "Nezha 2" have achieved outstanding box office results, jointly outlining the development trend of IP, technical and boutique in the Chinese film market. At present, the 15th Beijing International Film Festival is underway, and more than 10 movies have been scheduled for the upcoming May Day holiday, which is exciting.

From April 18 to April 26, more than 300 masterpieces will be screened in 33 theaters and theaters in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region for about 900 episodes, surpassing previous years in terms of the number of screened films and the scale of screenings. The reporter visited many cinemas in Beijing and found that many consumers came here and felt a different viewing experience than usual.

In 2025, the Chinese film market started with a hot trend. "Nezha 2" has entered the top five box office in the world's film history, achieving milestone achievements for Chinese films.

In the upcoming May Day holiday, more than 10 videos have been scheduled, including commercial blockbusters and innovative attempts in niche themes.

According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 18:30 on April 25, the cumulative pre-sale box office (including pre-screening) of 2025's May Day holiday reached 13.278 million yuan. Among them, "The Queen of Dumplings", "Gold Hunting Game", "A Good Start in Life", "The Lost World Is My Love", and "Thunder Special Attack Team*" are temporarily ranked in the top five pre-sale box office list.

Daota Professional Edition data analyst Chen Jin introduced that as many as 12 movies have started pre-sales in the 2025 May Day holiday. Overall, the 2025 May Day movie list is full of flowers, with rich and innovative types. Many film and television companies have performed well, with the highest net profit in the first quarter growing by nearly 7 times

The film market continues to be booming, and the performance of many film and television companies has experienced significant growth in the first quarter.

Data shows that the box office in the first quarter was 24.387 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.08%; the number of viewers was 520 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.07%; the average ticket price was 46.9 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.21%.

In addition, the box office of the 2025 Spring Festival (January 28 to February 4) was 9.51 billion yuan, and the number of viewers was 187 million yuan, creating a new record of box office and viewers in the Spring Festival.

Data shows that as of now, a total of 9 film and television companies have released their first quarter reports, of which 7 companies have achieved year-on-year performance growth. Among them, the first quarter report of 2025 released by Light Media, a producer of Nezha 2, showed that the company's revenue in the quarter was 2.975 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 177.87%; net profit was 2.016 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 374.79%. In addition, the film and television company Happiness Blue Ocean, which released its first quarter report on April 25, had a net profit attributable to shareholders of 70.5301 million yuan in the first quarter, an increase of 694.06% year-on-year.

Yang Aili, chief analyst of the media Internet industry of CITIC Construction Investment Securities, introduced that since the past few years, domestic film companies have paid more attention to and cared about their long-term expansion capabilities for their IP and built long-term influence. The overseas distribution of Chinese films has gradually become a business direction that various listed companies pay more and more attention to.