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HOLLYWOOD TAKES A HIT 　　China’s total box office reached a new record of 21.77 billion yuan（$3.6 billion） in 2013， up 28 percent on 2012， according to the official figures released by the Film Bureau under the State General Administration of Press， Publication， Radio， Film and Television （the State Film Bureau） on January 9. 　　With this new box office high， China has again taken its place as the world’s second largest movie market， a position it has held since 2012. Accounting for 10 percent of the world’s total box office， China’s staggering domestic achievement trails only the United States