近日國內九家影院因被發現謊報票房而被禁止放映新片。影院“偷票房”是為了減少和制片方的票房分成，手段有采用手寫票、無票入場、在后臺系統進行退票或采用雙系統等。一位業內人士向記者透露，偷票房的“潛規則”幾乎出現在每一家影院。

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"There is nothing we can do but comply with the order. I think box office fraud is far more prevalent among cinema chains," Liu Chunlei, manager of Shidaihuana Cinema in Shanxi, one of the cinemas being punished, told Xinhua.

受罰的其中一家影院——山西時代華納影城的經理劉春雷 “票房欺詐”就是box office fraud，常見的手段是出售hand written tickets 報道透露，偷票房等cinematic fraud