DAILY BRIEF: Nov 22, 2017

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China Box Office Tops $7.5B Milestone; Admissions Up 15% So Far In 2017
With a month and a half to go in 2017, Middle Kingdom turnstiles clicked past RMB 50B ($7.53B) on Monday, the first time the market has ever exceeded that benchmark, according to SAPPRFT. Deadline
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Wanda-Sony Pictures Financing Deal Is Over
The movie finance and marketing deal between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Wanda has come to an end – another victim of the troubles that have recently beset the Chinese property-to-entertainment giant. Variety
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Documenting the Many Contradictions of Contemporary China
The Guggenheim’s series Turn It On: China on Film, 2000–2017, curated by Ai Weiwei and Wang Fen, gathers documentaries by Chinese artists and filmmakers. Hyperallergic
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Kungfu Actor Wu Jing Casts in Comedian Guo Degang's Directorial Debut
Chinese Kungfu actor Wu Jing, who has grabbed increasing fame and public attention for Wolf Warriors 2, is going to show up in a new film, directed by famous comedian Guo Degang. ecns.cn
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Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo on the Making of Manhunt, Hong Kong and Chinese Cinema, and Budget versus Action Movies
Director goes back to his ’80s roots in this Chinese/Japanese thriller, with the return of slow-motion gunfights and white doves, and adds new elements including female assassins and filming in Japan South China Morning Post