# short dramas
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China’s Spring-Blockbuster Model Falters: Record Screenings, Plummeting Box Office and the Rise of Short Drama
China’s 2026 Spring Festival box office posted an eight‑year low in revenue and admissions despite record screenings and lower ticket prices, highlighting a structural shift in audience habits. Younger viewers are drifting to short‑form drama platforms, concentrating profits in tech firms and forcing a painful repricing of the traditional film industry.
China’s 2026 Spring Festival: Films, Long Series and AI-Driven Short Dramas Square Off for Holiday Audiences
China’s nine-day 2026 Spring Festival has prompted a crowded content race among films, long TV dramas and short-form series, with early figures showing presale box office roughly half last year’s pace and ticket prices falling. While traditional tentpole films still lead presales, platforms are aggressively promoting AI-assisted short dramas and conservative co-financing models are reshaping risk allocation across the industry.