On July 7, Lighthouse Professional released a 1H 2026 film-market report showing China opened 450 new cinemas in 1H, a slowdown. Q1 accounted for 383 openings while Q2 fell sharply to 67. New openings skewed to lower-tier cities: tier-2 and tier-4 cities together made up over 70% of additions; tier-1 cities accounted for just 7.3%.

2026-07-07

On July 7, Lighthouse Professional released a 1H 2026 film-market report showing China opened 450 new cinemas in 1H, a slowdown. Q1 accounted for 383 openings while Q2 fell sharply to 67. New openings skewed to lower-tier cities: tier-2 and tier-4 cities together made up over 70% of additions; tier-1 cities accounted for just 7.3%.