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Headlines from China: How ‘Gintama’ Win Over Audiences While Most Manga Adaptations Fail to Do So

Sep 8, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Adapting manga into movies has been challenging, as manga fans are critical and hard to please. Read More

On Screen China: Spider-Man Swoops to the Rescue

Sep 7, 2017 / Box Office /

Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming swings into China in the nick of time this weekend and looks to pull the country's ice-cold box office out of peril. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Dunkirk’ Wins; ‘Wolf’ Endures; ‘Valerian’ Collapses

Sep 4, 2017 / Box Office /

Dunkirk scored a modest $28 million victory thanks to director Christopher Nolan's popularity in China, but it was all quiet on the Western front as imported films continued to flounder following the conclusion of a red-hot domestic blackout period. Read More

On Screen China: Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ Finally Washes Up on Chinese Shores

Aug 31, 2017 / Box Office /

China's legion of passionate Christopher Nolan fans will help push the World War II drama to an easy weekend box office victory, but general audiences -- unaccustomed to both Nolan's experimental storytelling as well as WWII battles outside the Pacific theater, will have their patience tested. Read More

China Will Be The World’s Biggest Film Market By 2020 Says Media Regulator

Aug 31, 2017 / News /

The bullish assessment comes as box office hit 'Wolf Warriors II' gives the local film industry a welcome shot in the arm. Read More

Chinese Box Office Smash Hit ‘Wolf Warriors’ Set To Become TV Show

Aug 30, 2017 / News /

The jingoistic action thriller that has taken China by storm is now heading for the small screen. Read More

China Box Office: Hollywood Falls Flat as Blackout Lifts

Aug 27, 2017 / Box Office /

After six straight weekends of a government imposed ban on imported films that helped reignite the local film industry thanks to the singular box office performance of Wolf Warrior II, foreign films were once again permitted into theaters this Friday, yet all three new wide releases -- Valerian, Cars 3, and Baby Driver -- failed to cash in with Chinese moviegoers. Read More

China Box Office: “Wolf Warrior II” Closes Out Blackout Period on High Note

Aug 23, 2017 / Box Office /

On its fourth weekend of release, Wolf Warriors II -- already the highest-grossing film of all-time in China -- punctuated its historic run with a fourth consecutive weekend atop the box office charts, fending off fierce competition from fellow action flick Paradox. Read More

‘Wolf Warrior 2’ and the Future of Imported Films in China

Aug 21, 2017 / Opinion /

Hollywood is in the midst of negotiating the terms of foreign films’ market access to China. This movie – this particular movie – couldn’t have come at a better time for China. Read More

How Fans ‘Lock Screenings’ to Support Their Idols

Aug 14, 2017 / Chinasplaining /

Suo chang, as it is called in Chinese, literally means to lock a screening. It refers to the practice of buying the minimum possible number of tickets to a single screening to ensure it will not be canceled for low attendance. Read More

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