PANDA POWER: Kung Fu Panda making millions XINHUA

Box Office Bonanza

China

China's overall movie box office earnings for the first half of 2011 reached nearly 5.7 billion yuan ($882 million), up nearly 18 percent year-on-year, according to statistics from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Domestic films took in 2.93 billion yuan ($454 million), an increase of 38.4 percent over the same period last year, while foreign films raked in 2.77 billion yuan ($428 million), up 1.6 percent. Hollywood blockbuster Kung Fu Panda 2 was the highest-earning foreign film, said the administration.