Titanic 3D biggest foreign movie tax contributor

 　　BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jame Cameron's Titanic¹ 3D was the biggest tax contributor among foreign movies China imported in 2012, according to Beijing Customs Friday.

　　The movie took 144 million U.S. dollars at the country's box office.

　　Figures released by customs showed that taxation² contributed by foreign movies on screen in China last year topped 33.7 million U.S. dollars, up 60 percent year on year.

　　The sharp increase was mainly attributed to the surge in the number of imported foreign movies, which rose to 64 in 2012, up from 50, according to China Film Group Corp., China's only authorized³ importer of foreign films.

　　Beijing Customs is the only channel for the company's foreign movie imports.

　　Previous to the 3D conversion⁴ of Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, only the sci-fi movie Avatar in 2009 chalked up tax of more than 40 million yuan (6.4 million U.S. dollars) in China.

1 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

2 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。

3 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

4 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。