Director Guan Hu’s War Epic ‘The Eight Hundred’ Makes Successful Pre-screening
The much-anticipated war-epic “The Eight Hundred”, set for wide release on August 21, is one of the first new films to hit theaters since Chinese cinemas returned to operation in late July. The film arranged hundreds of pre-screenings at cinemas around China in the past weekend. The early positive reception has already pushed the film’s score to 8.1 out of 10 on Chinese film and TV review website Douban. The $80 million budget film was produced by Huayi Brothers and is directed by Guan Hu (Mister Six”). The film centers on a ragtag group of Chinese soldiers in 1937 Shanghai, recounting their heroic story of guarding a warehouse against the advancing of Japanese troops in Shanghai. Read more Mtime
The Magical ‘Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone’ Rerun Tops Chinese Weekend Box Office
According to Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan, the remastered “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone” is making box-office history following its re-release in Chinese mainland on Friday, pulling in 142 million yuan ($20 million) on 16,000 screens as of Sunday. The hashtag for the re-release of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has earned 260 million views on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo as of Sunday afternoon. Many Chinese netizens have taken on social media to share their feelings after watching the 3D version. Notably, China’s overall three-day weekend also saw a 65% increase on the last session with about $26.7M. Read more yiqipaidianying
