In 2020, 5,328 film and television companies were deregistered, and the national cinema box office was almost zero.

According to the Economic Daily, 5,328 film and television companies have been deregistered or revoked since the beginning of 2020, which is 1.78 times the number of deregistrations or revocations in the whole of 2019. In the first two months of this year, there were less than 8,000 new cinema companies, a 25% drop compared with the same period in 2019. The box office of cinemas across the country has almost returned to zero, a large number of crews have suspended work, and the early script creation and post-production of many projects that have been in operation have also been delayed.

After the outbreak, closed entertainment and leisure venues such as cinemas were completely shut down, which had a significant impact on cinema companies. One of this year's Lunar New Year films, Lost in Russia, was transferred from the cinema to the Internet, and two cinema films, Fat Dragon Way of the River and The Big Winner, were also transferred to the Internet one after another.

On April 8, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued a notice, emphasizing the implementation of zoning and grading prevention and control requirements in light of the current epidemic prevention and control situation, and promoting the gradual restoration of production and living order. Prevention and control recommendations include: Closed entertainment and leisure venues: Low, medium and high risk areas are temporarily closed, and specific requirements are determined by local governments based on local epidemic situation research.

Judging from the feedback from netizens, most netizens support the temporary suspension of cinema operations. The impact of the epidemic has not yet passed, and the consumer market's confidence in watching movies has not yet recovered.