China's sci-fi industry rakes in $12.39b in 2022

BEIJING -- The revenue of China's sci-fi industry reached 87.75 billion yuan ($12.39 billion) in 2022, according to a report released at the China Science Fiction Convention 2023.

The report focuses on the five sectors of the country's sci-fi industry, including readings, films, games, tourism, and related derivatives.

The sci-fi readings industry pocketed 3.04 billion yuan in 2022, up 12.6 percent from the previous year, while the total box office of 21 sci-fi films screened last year was 8.24 billion yuan, with domestic movies accounting for 67 percent, according to the report.

In 2022, the total revenue of the sci-fi game industry reached 56.5 billion yuan, among which 56.2 billion yuan came from mobile games.

The CSFC 2023 is scheduled to run in Beijing from May 29 to June 4.