Headlines from China: 35th Hundred Flowers Awards Announced Winners

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Although China’s National Day holiday will not begin until this Thursday (Oct 1), Chinese box office is already warmed up with the early release of the highly-anticipated sports drama film “Leap”. Read More

Headlines from China: China’s Box Office Tops 100 Million Yuan in First Reopening Week

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According to Lighthouse Data, a box office tracker and entertainment big data platform, there were about 416,600 screenings arranged across the country in the first week of cinema reopening, and the total gross of all films reaches 109.39 million yuan, which means a 4.17 million admissions in total. Read More

How Will the Movie Business Survive the Crisis?

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China’s box office is expected to plummet to $4.2 billion this year, less than half of 2019’s $9.2 billion. With theaters shuttered indefinitely and no release dates in sight for completed films, thousands of production companies have gone out of business, and those that remain must focus on how to “rescue and sustain themselves.”  Read More

Headlines from China: Exclusive Interview with the Funder of the Film Marketing Agency Behind “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty”

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  Exclusive Interview with the Funder of the Film Marketing Agency Behind “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” Produced by Jackie Chen, the web series “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” is drawing a lot of attention lately on the Internet. Its success cannot be separated from the few innovative marketing campaigns conducted by the Read More

Headlines from China: More Films Are Getting Back on Track of Distribution Plans

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With more and more theaters reopening for business since last Friday, film distributors are also restarting their previously halted distribution plans. Read More

Headlines from China: Beijing Cinemas Will Not Open Anytime Soon

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On February 26, the Beijing city government released a guideline for business resumption of the film industry. However, at a conference held on February 27, it was clarified that the the guideline is for future use. The current conditions in Beijing are not ready for movie theaters to reopen or for film studios to resume productions yet. Read More

Headlines from China: Alibaba’s Youku to Produce China’s ‘Life in a Day’ 

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Alibaba-owned streaming site Youku is collaborating with MeDoc, a Shanghai-based documentary production company, to produce China's first crowdsourced documentary film about life in a day of coronavirus outbreak. Read More

Metals-Turned-Movie-Maker Collapses Amid Film Industry Downturn

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A Chinese company that started life as a metals firm and transformed into a film studio betting on the domestic industry’s bright prospects has gone bust as the sector slows. Read More

Headlines from China: Ang Lee’s ‘Gemini Man’ Scores October 18 China Release

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Directed by Ang Lee and starring Will Smith, sci-fi drama film 'Gemini Man' has been officially scheduled to release in China on October 18, a week later than its October 11 U.S. release. Read More

Headlines from China: Box Office Hit ‘Dying to Survive’ Gets North America Release Date

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Chinese dark comedy 'Dying to Survive' has been scheduled to release on August 9 in North America. Read More

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