In order to protect domestic films, have European and American countries postponed the schedule of overseas films?

European and American countries are divided into cinemas. This is not a universal rule. It doesn't matter whether it is postponed or not.

Quite simply, this phenomenon really exists only in China, because only China has such protectionist regulations as unified quotas for state-owned enterprises to issue imported films, prohibition of foreign investment from entering the country for distribution and cinema construction. The reasons for this phenomenon are related to the domestic political system, overbearing extreme leaders and powerful film and television interest groups.

The film scheduling time refers to the "auspicious day" that the film distributor chooses to meet the audience for the film by comprehensively considering the film type, content and other factors, that is, the interval between the film release date and the next file date. For the audience, the movie schedule is the time when they have leisure time and are willing to focus on watching a certain type of movie. The emergence of movie slots and the movie marketing strategies for different slots are important signs of a country's movie marketization.

China's film schedule was gradually formed by drawing lessons from the American film market in the 1990s. In recent years, film scheduling plays an increasingly important role in the development of domestic film market. Whether the schedule is scientific or not is one of the key factors that determine whether a movie can achieve box office success.

Therefore, the film side attaches great importance to the screening of films, and often takes screening as an important means to enhance the box office. After more than 20 years' development, the movie schedule in China has been formed into summer (about 100 days, from the beginning of June to the end of August every year), New Year's Eve (about 100 days, from the beginning of 12 to the middle and late February of the following year), National Day (7 days) and Spring Festival.