‘Warcraft‘ Windfall a Watershed Moment for Hollywood in China

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CFI sees the film grossing below $250M, leaving Disney’s Zootopia with a shot at holding onto the top imported film slot of the year. Read More

Universal Pictures’ ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ to Get August China Release?

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Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' "The Secret Life of Pets" is expected to be released to China in August 2, a little under a month after its North American release. Read More

Copycat China: Domestic Films Quick to Duplicate Title Words, Themes

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The Chinese language is known for its four vocal tones and complex system of written characters. Say a word with the wrong tone, or scrawl an errant stroke when crafting a character, and you can completely derail your intended meaning. But in China’s film industry, some are seeing the elasticity of the Chinese language as Read More

China Box Office: ’Apocalypse’ Starts Big but ‘Warcraft’ Opening will Clip its Wings

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Had Fox been able to secure a day-and-date release mutants of 'Apocalypse' might have had a bigger shot. We predict a $110 million gross. Read More

On Screen China: May 2016 Box Office Recap, Sales Slip Year-on-Year

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Year-to-date, Chinese films hold the edge overall, accounting for 62% of the total box office, but June should balance things out for Hollywood. Read More

‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Tasked with Raising Sales from Slump

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‘Looking Glass’ should debut between $35-$45M beating ‘Angry Birds,’ but will end Disney’s 5-straight streak of $100M+ releases. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Angry Birds’ Leads, but Fails to Gain Altitude in Slower Q2

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After a blistering Q1, up 50% from Q1 2015, Chinese box office growth has slowed to 23% higher than the same point last year. Read More

On Screen China: Box Office Slump? Enter ‘Angry Birds’ Under Pressure

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Past its prime, even in China, the video game movie will beat ‘Captain America’ this weekend, but end its run with only $50 million. Read More

‘Turtles’ Reboot, Wanda’s 1st Hollywood Bet, to Screen Late in China

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Canadian star Stephen Amell is active on social media platform Weibo, where Chinese fans call him “Sugar Brother.” Read More

China Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Leads in Lull, Indie Producer Begs for Screens

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Fang Li released a video of him kow-towing to theater chains on behalf of the late Wu Tianming's last film. Read More

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