The Chinese consumer is flashing his wallet elsewhere, too. China&`&s box-office revenues shot up by nearly 50% on a year earlier in 2015, to $6.8 billion. Cinema operators led by Wanda Group, an ambitious local conglomerate that recently bought Hollywood&`&s Legendary Entertainment, have poured money into expansion; the number of screens across China hasbeen rising at 36% a year since 2011.