電影《葉問3》票房造假3200萬元 發行方被暫停發行

China's film market watchdog has ordered Beijing Max Screen to suspend distribution for a month after it committed fraud to jack up the box office figures for martial arts film "Ip Man 3."

針對北京大銀幕發行公司對功夫片《葉問3》票房造假、擡高票房數據的行爲，全國電影市場專項治理辦公室責令其暫停發行一個月。

Beijing Max Screen, the film's distributor, admitted to having bought tickets worth RMB56m itself, and the conspirators fabricated over 7,600 screenings of the film that generated RMB32m in ticket sales, according to the film bureau under the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

國家新聞出版廣電總局所屬全國電影市場專項治理辦公室表示，該片發行方--北京大銀幕發行公司承認自購票房金額爲5600萬元，虛假排片場次超7600場，涉及票房3200萬元。

The bureau said it had given formal warnings to three electronic ticket-selling groups involved in the fraud. Seventy-three cinemas were named and shamed on the website of the China Association of Film Distributors and Cinemas.

此外，該機構稱已向3家涉事電子票務集團發出正式警告。73家影院在中國電影發行放映協會網站被通報批評。

"These kinds of issues could be considered inevitable in a young industry, but box office fraud has become so serious that it is already harming Chinese cinema," said Zhang Hongsen, head of the film bureau.

電影局局長張宏森對此表示：“電影市場中出現的這些問題，雖然是產業初期難以避免的問題，但票房造假這一情況已經嚴重到傷害中國電影的發展了。”

"A successful screening market is the foundation for our film industry. In China, box office is crucial to the income of film producers," Zhang said, vowing measures to halt such misconduct.

“一個成功的發行市場是我國電影產業的基礎。在中國，票房是電影製片人至關重要的收入，”張宏森局長如是說。他還承諾要停止這種行爲。

"Filmmaking and screening are two wings of one bird and they have to rely on each other. Only a regulated and healthy market can give birth to quality films." Zhang said.

張局長表示：“因爲拍電影和發行是一鳥之兩翼，他們必須互相依賴，只有一個規範和健康的市場，才能催生優質的電影。”