The Chinese split, on by default
The special fund (5%) and VAT with surcharges (3.3%) come off the gross first. You can set your own rates.
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Built for film distribution in China
DISTmio takes the 5% special fund and the taxes off gross box office before the film side's share, keeps your licence numbers on file and prepares invoice data for fapiao.
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Local rules
What a distributor in China needs
Film side share preset
A preset fills the usual 43% film side share of the split box office as a starting point. Your contract decides.
Public screening licence
China has no age rating, so each film keeps its public screening licence number. Your company keeps its film distribution licence number.
Tax numbers checked
Your unified social credit code and your payers' codes are checked with their check digits.
Settlement in China
The split, worked out per cinema
DISTmio applies the Chinese split to every booking in China: the special fund and taxes come off the gross, then your share of the split box office.
- Your own fund and tax rates if needed
- Missing gross flagged, never counted as zero
- Rent VAT of 6% on your invoices
- Gross box office
- Less 5% special fund
- Less 3.3% VAT and surcharges
- Split box office
- Film side share
- Rent invoice, 6% VAT
Invoicing and accounting
Invoice data ready for fapiao
DISTmio lays out your invoice data for ordinary or special VAT fapiao, so nothing is retyped, and Odoo can issue invoices too.
- Fapiao data for ordinary or special VAT
- Odoo for invoicing
- Unified social credit codes checked
Fapiao
Invoice DM/2025/042
- Payer
- Cinema example
- Film
- The Northern Lights
- Rent
- CN¥55,890
- VAT
- CN¥3,353
- Due date
- 16 Apr
- Fapiao
- Data ready
Online payment link
Odoo
Fapiao
Cinema week
Play weeks from Friday to Thursday
The booking grid and play weeks follow the Friday week, when most films in China open.
- Booking grid by Friday weeks
- Split worked out for every play week
- Monday holdover board with the national average
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
Questions
China: common questions
Can we change the split rates?
Yes. The special fund and tax rates are yours to set, and contracts that work differently can use your ordinary terms.
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See DISTmio with your releases in China
We set up a demo with your films, your cinemas and a Friday cinema week.
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