The year 2017 proved the summer season's importance to national box office, with takings of 16.3 billion yuan ($2.55 billion), entertaining 474 million Chinese movie-goers, the report said.
This summer, Hollywood movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will hit China on June 15, with Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Ant-Man and the Wasp expected in August.
Chinese director Jiang Wen's Hidden Men, and Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings by Hong Kong action director Tsui Hark, will be released on July 13 and 27, respectively. Famed Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is expected to release his latest production Shadow this summer.
China is the world's second-largest movie market, with ticket revenue growing by 13.45 percent year-on-year to 55.9 billion yuan in 2017, more than triple the growth rate in 2016, according to official figures.
Here are some upcoming highly-anticipated films for your reference.
1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Country: United States
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Genre: action, adventure, science fiction
Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum
Recommendation Index: ★★★★★
2. Legend of Ravaging Dynasties
Country: China
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Genre: action, science fiction
Stars: Kris Wu, William Chan, Chen Xuedong
Recommendation Index: ★★★
3. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Country: China
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Genre: detective, action
Stars: Feng Shaogang, Mark Chao, Carina Lau
Recommendation Index: ★★★★
4. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Country: United States
Release Date: August, 2018
Genre: action, adventure, thriller
Stars: Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Tom Cruise
Recommendation Index: ★★★★★
5. The Incredibles 2
Country: United States
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Genre: superhero, animation
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Sophia Bush, Holly Hunter
Recommendation Index: ★★★★
6. The Island
Country: China
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Genre: comedy, romance
Stars: Shu Qi, Zhang Yixing, Huang Bo
Recommendation Index: ★★★★
7. Ant-Man and the Wasp
Country: United States
Release Date: August, 2018
Genre: superhero, science fiction
Stars: Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Paul Rudd
Recommendation Index: ★★★★
8. The Meg
Country: United States/China
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Genre: science fiction, action, adventure
Stars: Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson
Recommendation Index: ★★★
Source: China Daily