Dec 6, 2025 5:29pm PT China Audiences Drive 2025 Box Office With Animation and War Epics as Comedies Collapse By Marcus Lim Plus Icon Marcus Lim Latest China Audiences Drive 2025 Box Office With Animation and War Epics as Comedies Collapse 2 hours ago AI Could Drive a Third of Long-Form Film and Animation by 2026, China’s Tencent Says 19 hours ago Hainan Jury Touts Festival as a Launchpad for Next Year’s Breakthrough Films 2 days ago See All Trinity CineAsia Chinese audiences pushed animation, action and historical war films to the top of 2025’s satisfaction charts, while comedies and romance all but disappeared from favor, according to new research unveiled at the 7th Hainan Island International Film Festival, China. In a forum presentation at the festival, Sun Xianghui, president of the China Film Art Research Center, revealed that consumer satisfaction scores for those genres outdid others in the center’s 2025 survey, with films like the Nanjing massacre WWII epic “Dead to Rights”, and animation juggernaut “Ne Zha 2” leading in both satisfaction scores and box office returns. Related Stories Halle Berry Says Gavin Newsom 'Probably Should Not Be the Next President' After Menopause Bill Veto Mirroring trends seen in Western markets, the study showed that Chinese audiences have largely abandoned comedies and romance films in 2025, with not a single romance film figuring in the top satisfaction scores of the survey.
