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China Box Office: Eight Is Hollywood’s Lucky Number

Mar 6, 2017 / Box Office /

Eight Hollywood imports occupied the top eight spots at this weekend’s Chinese box office, a first for a notoriously protective movie industry that recently adopted further measures to ensure that domestic films receive two-thirds of a cinema’s annual screening allotment. Read More

Foreign Films in China: How Does It Work?

Mar 2, 2017 / Chinasplaining /

If you’re a non-Chinese film producer (a foreign film producer from the Chinese perspective), and you hope to exhibit in China and add its robust market to your revenue picture, there are basically two different ways for that to happen. Read More

Big In China: Movies That Earn More RMB Than US$

Mar 1, 2017 / Infographics /

Twenty films have now found greater success in the world’s second largest film market than at home in the US. Read More

On Screen China: Gamer’s Delight — ‘Resident Evil’ vs. ‘Assassin’s Creed’

Feb 23, 2017 / Box Office /

“Has the Chinese market become a dumping ground for Hollywood’s trash?” wondered a recent Beijing Daily headline, a question both apt and timely. Last summer’s computer game fantasy adaptation, Warcraft, produced by Dalian Wanda-owned Legendary Pictures, with financing from heavyweights China Film Group, Tencent, and Huayi Brothers, skyrocketed to $220 million to become China’s third highest-grossing Read More

China Censors Slash ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’

Feb 16, 2017 / News /

For "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter"’s local distributors, it’s a race against time. The Milla Jovovich-starrer already hit screens in North America on January 27, and pirated copies are already being circulated online. Read More

‘Kong: Skull Island’ and ‘Logan’ Get China Releases; ‘Passengers’ Extended

Feb 9, 2017 / News /

"Logan" (金刚狼3：殊死一战) will hit screens first on Friday, March 17, followed by "Kong: Skull Island" (金刚：骷髅岛), which is set for release a week later, on Friday, March 24. They follow "The Lego Batman Movie" and "A Dog’s Purpose," which both come out on March 3. Read More

‘XXX,’ ‘La La Land’ among Hollywood Films Headed for China in February

Feb 6, 2017 / News /

Now that the holiday season is behind us, films from Hollywood and elsewhere are once again welcome in China, and in February musicals and films based on video games are the main themes. Read More

Hollywood Films Jockeying for 2017 China Releases

Nov 17, 2016 / News /

With Hollywood films already exceeding the annual China import quota by six, movies are lining up early to get release dates in the first quarter of 2017. Read More

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