China’s box office exceeded 50 billion yuan (7.5 billion U.S. dollars) Monday, the first year the country has broken the 50-billion mark, according to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT).

　　国家新闻出版广电总局消息，星期一，中国电影票房达500亿元(75亿美元)，这是我国电影票房首次突破500亿元。

　　Data from the SAPPRFT showed that as of 6:57 p.m. Monday, a total of 1.448 billion viewers entered cinemas this year, 15 percent up from last year.

　　国家新闻出版广电总局数据显示，截至星期一下午6：57，全国观影人次达14.48亿，较去年增长了15%。

　　Box office of domestic movies reached 26.2 billion yuan, accounting for 52.4 percent of the total. A total of 78 films pocketed 100 million yuan each, including 39 domestic ones.

　　国产电影票房达到262亿元，占总票房的52.4%。票房过亿元影片78部，其中国产片39部。

　　The country has seen its box office increase steadily for the past 15 years. In 2002, it was less than 1 billion yuan; in 2010 over 10 billion yuan; 2013 more than 20 billion yuan and in 2015 over 40 billion yuan.

　　在过去的15年里，中国的电影票房稳步增长。2002年，这个数字还不到10亿元，2010年超过100亿元，2013年超过200亿元，2015年突破400亿元。