off a fruitful 2015 Deatrich Wise Jr. Youth Jersey , China's domestic comedies are looking forward to another year of anticipation.
Total box office sales in China smashed records by reaching 44 billion yuan (6.7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, with the top ten domestic comedies of the year raking in 9.5 billion yuan, accounting for over 20 percent of the total.
Of the five domestic films that exceeded one billion yuan in 2015, four are comedies, according to statistics from Entgroup, a major think tank on showbiz in China.
With Spring Festival, China's most important holiday Devin McCourty Youth Jersey , approaching and several highly anticipated domestic comedies scheduled, Chinese comedies can expect another promising harvest.
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The boom of Chinese comedies lies in the power of levity, helping people break away from solemnity.
""Mounting pressure in life increases people's interest in comedies, which can leave them laughing,"" said Wali, a renowned film critic on Chinese microblog site Weibo.
Boqiao, a film practitioner at a major film corporation in China Stephen Gostkowski Youth Jersey , agrees. ""Most Chinese people regard watching films in cinemas as entertainment rather than art appreciation,"" he said.
Such huge appetite for comedies has allowed amateur comedians a chance to gain favor on the silver screen, such as the movie ""Jian Bing Man"" by Internet sensation Dong Chengpeng.
With their fan base playing a big part, these films, directed by relatively ""green hands,"" can usually draw a large crowd, according to critics. ""People are familiar with their styles given their popularity elsewhere Dont'a Hightower Youth Jersey , especially for the fans in smaller cities,"" Wali added.
After all, it is the quality of the film that has the final say.