Taiwanese Films Hit Record $30M Q1 Box Office
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- TAICCA is hosting a showcase at Filmart featuring stars Ivy Yi-han Chen (Addicted) and Liu Kuan-Ting (Haru And Tae), with 243 Taiwanese film and TV titles being offered to international buyers.
- Taiwanese films grossed a cumulative $30M (TWD971M) in Q1 2026, surpassing the entire 2025 box office and marking the highest first-quarter receipts for local films on record, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Culture.
- Local productions currently hold a more than 58% share of overall Taiwanese box office this quarter, compared to just 4% during the same period last year.
- "Sunshine Women's Choir" has become the highest-grossing local film of all time in Taiwan with more than $22M (TWD700M); star Ivy Yi-han Chen also headlines the upcoming series Addicted.
- "Haru And Tae", directed by Akira Ikeda, is a Taiwan-Japan co-production between Oxygen Films and Shimensoka Co, currently in post-production with Hope Content Marketing handling international sales.
- "Addicted", directed by Cheng Fen-fen and produced by Strong Productions for broadcaster PTS, follows two women with unresolved life issues who sink into addiction together.
- Several Taiwanese projects have been selected for the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), including co-productions with Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore.
Why it matters: Taiwanese films captured 58% of the local box office in Q1 2026 — up from just 4% a year earlier — with Sunshine Women's Choir grossing over $22M to become Taiwan's all-time highest-grossing local film. This surge, paired with TAICCA's 243-title Filmart slate, positions Taiwan's content industry at its strongest commercial moment on record as it courts international buyers.
