Beijing Enlight Pictures

Beijing Enlight Pictures
Native name
北京光线影业有限公司
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
Founded2004 (2004)[1]
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Productsfilms
OwnerBeijing Enlight Media
ParentBeijing Enlight Media

Beijing Enlight Pictures Co., Ltd. is a Chinese film production company. In 2014, the company was the third largest film distributor in China, with 7.75% of the market.[2] Beijing Enlight Pictures is a subsidiary of Beijing Enlight Media.[3]

Beijing Enlight Pictures Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese北京光线影业有限公司
Traditional Chinese北京光線影業有限公司
Transcriptions

History

The company was founded in 2004 as a film production company. In 2000s and early 2010s, the company was famous for producing low budgeted movies. Due to the lack of representative works, the company often referred to as "any movie produced by Beijing Enlight Pictures is definitely a bad movie"[4].

In 2012, the low budgeted Lost in Thailand became a local hit of China and the company's first hit movie.[5] In 2015, the broadcasting rights of Hollywood Adventures, The Left Ear and Lost in Hong Kong were acquired by Star Chinese Movies.[6]. In 2016, The Mermaid became another hit movie of the company and once became the highest-grossing film of all-time at the Chinese box office.

The company has been interested in animation film production since early years. In 2009, the company anticipated in investing in the animated film Astro Boy.[7] In 2015, after the success of the domestic animated film Monkey King: Hero Is Back, Beijing Enlight Pictures established a wholly-owned subsidiary Coloroom Pictures to invest and distribute animated films[8]. In the following years, it is considered to have formed the three major animation film studios with Light Chaser and Fantawild. In 2023, their total market share exceeds 50% in Chinese animated film box office[9]. Enlight Pictures' main works include the Big Fish and Begonia, Deep Sea, Ne Zha and Jiang Ziya. In 2025, their animated film, Ne Zha 2, became the highest-grossing animated film of all time – as well as the highest grossing non-English film.[10][11]

Filmography

Including co-productions.

References

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  6. ^ "Star Chinese Movies buys trio from Enlight Pictures". Screen Daily. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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