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Japan's Box Office Fell 45 Percent to $1.38 Billion in 2020
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hollywoodreporter.comThe Japanese box office plummeted more than 45 percent in 2020 after the novel coronavirus pandemic briefly shuttered cinemas in the country and weighed on moviegoing throughout much of the year.
Total ticket sales revenue clocked in at $1.38 billion (143.3 billion yen), down from $2.39 billion (261 billion yen) in 2019, which had set an all-time record.
The results place Japan just behind North America, which had $2.3 billion in sales, as the world's third-biggest theatrical film territory.
For the first time ever, China, which made a rapid recovery from the pandemic in the fourth quarter of 2020, assumed the top spot, generating $3.13 billion in ticket sales.
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