【双语学习】成绩单来啦！中国超越北美，成全球最大电影市场

长久以来，每当人们谈论到电影市场和电影文化时，总是会第一个联想到北美市场。由于北美电影行业成熟较早，票价又不贵，动辄就全家去影院观影早就是一种生活娱乐常态。再加上无论是好莱坞等大片还是小众电影，都可在北美院线找得到，所以北美票房总是全球电影市场的全胜冠军。不过这一次！中国超过美国，首次成为全球最大电影市场！

随着10月15日午夜钟声的敲响，截止目前中国今年的票房已达到1295万元(19.3亿美元)，这意味着中国超越北美，成为世界上最大的电影市场。尽管新冠肺炎疫情的爆发使得上半年影院颗粒无收，但随着国内疫情形势的逐步稳定，正好又数十年难得一遇的中秋加国庆双节同期而至，在《八佰》、《我和我的家乡》、《姜子牙》等一票国庆大片的共同推动下，国内电影行业稳步复苏。根据电影信息直播跟踪系统Beacon的数据，今年近85%的票房收入来自中国电影。

受双节期间39.5亿元的高票房鼓舞，一批新电影也正在紧锣密鼓的加紧准备当中。其中，战争史诗巨片《牺牲》(又名《金刚川》)预计将成为本月晚些时候上映的下一部大片。这部电影由管虎、郭帆和陆阳执导，由张译、吴京、李九霄和魏晨主演，预计将于10月23日上映，讲述了一群英勇参战的中国士兵，献身于抗美援朝战争(1950-53年)的故事，展现了一段鲜为人知的历史。

除此此外，将有12部新电影在2021年春节假期前或期间上映，其中包括一些原计划在2020年春节就与大家见面的大制作影片——如《唐人街探案3》和《大营救》，以及一些最新电影，如《新神:哪吒的重生》和《红色刺客》等等。众所周知，春节假期是中国吸引大量电影观众走进影院的最佳时期，也是最容易赚钱的时期之一。

最近一段时间，欧洲疫情似乎又二次爆发的态势，北美地区也在加紧防范之中，如果全球疫情态势不能得到平复，那么2021年春节假期的中国电影市场将会再给全球影迷一个惊喜，也许会创造出一个更加惊人的历史。

【消息来源】CNINA DAILY

【原文】

As the clock hit midnight on Oct 15, China saw this year's box office taking reach 12.95 million yuan ($1.93 billion), helping the country overtake the North America to become the world's largest movie market.

In spite of the COVID-19 blow, the domestic film industry has undergone a stable recovery, helped by summer and National Day holiday blockbusters including The Eight Hundred and My People, My Homeland.

According to the movie information live tracker Beacon, nearly 85 percent of this year's box office were earned by Chinese films.

Encouraged by the National Day box office bonanza, which reaped 3.95 billion yuan, a bunch of new films are gearing up, with Sacrifice — a war epic also titled as Jin Gang Chuan — is projected to be the next biggest blockbuster when it opens later this month. The film brings together directors Guan Hu, Guo Fan and Lu Yang.

Set to hit the screens on Oct 23, the movie starring Zhang Yi, Wu Jing, Li Jiuxiao and Wei Chen portrays a group of heroic Chinese soldiers taking part in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), unveiling a lesser-known past.

In addition, a dozen of new films will open ahead of or during the 2021 Spring Festival holiday, one of the country's most lucrative periods to attract floods of moviegoers.

Among them will be several big-budget films pulled from 2020 Spring Festival due to the pandemic, such as Detective Chinatown 3 and The Rescue, as well as some new releases, including the animated film New Gods: Nezha Reborn and Assassins in Red.