Japan, an island country in East Asia with a population of more than 126 million, has had fewer than 300,000 coronavirus cases and only saw its box office receipts fall 46% in 2020 to $1.27 billion.

Canada, a contributor to the domestic box office, has seen less than 645,000 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Japan is just one many countries in the Asia Pacific region of the world that had managed to navigate the coronavirus pandemic in such a way that case numbers have remained low and consumer confidence has remained high.

While the global box office was significantly lower last year — about 70% of what it was in 2019, or about $12.4 billion — Asia Pacific represents 51% of ticket sales.

and Canadian box office accounted for 30% of global ticket sales.

Since August, when the majority of theaters globally were reopened, Asia Pacific has accounted for nearly 78% of the total box office worldwide.

China had two films generate more than $400 million at the local box office: "The Eight Hundred," a war drama set in the 1930s, and "My People, My Homeland," a comedy film that consists of five short stories.

Universal's animated family film "The Croods: A New Age" and Warner Bros.' superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" have both tallied less than $30 million domestically.

"The Croods: A New Age" is a NBCUniversal film