CCTV news: On April 21, the China Performance Industry Association released a number of data related to the national performance market in 2025. In 2025, the overall revenue of the national performance market will reach 83.722 billion yuan, and various new business formats, new scenes, and new models will emerge at an accelerated pace.
According to monitoring and research estimates from the China Performance Industry Association's ticket information collection platform, the overall revenue of the national performance market in 2025 will be 83.722 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.19%. Among them, performance box office revenue was 61.655 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.39%; other income was 22.067 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.98%. There were 640,400 commercial performances (excluding performances in entertainment venues) nationwide, a 6.58% increase from 2024 on a comparable basis; the number of viewers was 194 million, a year-on-year increase of 4.22%. Data shows that the national performance market has entered a new stage from content supply to scene experience, from single box office to ecological economy.
Pan Yan, vice president of the China Performance Industry Association, said that in 2025, the Chinese performance market will still maintain a growth trend of strong supply and demand. Theater projects have shown a trend of originality. Some national-style and local original dance dramas and musicals have become the "darlings" of the entire performance market last year, and their box office share is also increasing day by day.
