The data describes the leading box office markets worldwide in 2017, ranked by revenue. Japan was the second-biggest market, with a box office revenue of two billion USD. At the top of the list was the Chinese box office, which brought in revenue of 7.9 billion USD in 2017. That year saw the release of 'The Mermaid' in China, which has since gone on to become the most successful movie of all time in the country, generating box office revenue of almost 3.4 million CNY. The leading imported movie in China in 2016 was the animated movie, Zootopia, which pulled in 1.
