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On Screen China: Out with the Monkey and in with the Money

Jan 26, 2017 / Box Office /

Part one of our preview of Spring Festival releases, likely to be the most lucrative season of the Chinese cinematic year. This Saturday, the first day of the Spring Festival/Chinese New Year (CNY), tens of millions of Chinese citizens will flock to cinemas nationwide in the start of the busiest moviegoing period on the Read More

China Box Office: Chinese Moviegoers Dead on ‘Arrival’

Jan 23, 2017 / Box Office /

General audiences in China gave a resounding thumbs-down to "Arrival," with social media declaring the film a plodding, incomprehensible mess. Read More

On Screen China: ‘Arrival’ Should Lead Sci-Fi-Packed Weekend

Jan 20, 2017 / Box Office /

Arrival will lead the first-ever Western sci-fi trifecta into a top-five weekend box office finish in China. Read More

Box Office China: ‘Passengers’ Takes ‘Rogue One’ For a Ride

Jan 16, 2017 / Box Office /

China’s chūnyùn (春运), the world’s largest human mass migration in which Chinese citizens will take an estimated 2.5 billion trips over the next 40 days, began in full force on Friday as college students finished midterm exams and headed home for the Lunar New Year. Read More

On Screen China: ‘Passengers’ Takes on ‘Rogue One’

Jan 12, 2017 / Box Office /

This weekend brings Sony’s Passengers, the sci-fi romance starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt that has struggled critically and commercially in North America since its release on December 21. Read More

China Box Office: War Stories, not ‘Star Wars,’ are Catching Fire

Jan 8, 2017 / Box Office /

The "Star Wars" franchise once again couldn’t find a foothold in the Chinese market as "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" debuted this weekend with an estimated RMB 212 million (US$30.6 million). Read More

On Screen China: The Force Is Not Strong with ‘Rogue One’

Jan 5, 2017 / Box Office /

The Force isn’t strong in China. But hey, at least Disney has Marvel. Read More

China Box Office: First Weekend of New Year Not So Happy

Jan 2, 2017 / Box Office /

Ticket receipts across the three-day New Year’s Holiday (元旦节) from Saturday through Monday totaled RMB 662 million (US$95 million), a 22 percent decrease from 2016’s record-breaking haul of RMB 849 million ($130 million). Read More

On Screen China: Limp 2016 Box Office to Close with a Whimper

Dec 29, 2016 / Box Office /

China’s swan-diving box office will go out aptly this weekend with a whimper as 2016 makes room for a handful of new releases straggling in for the three-day New Year’s public holiday. Read More

China Box Office: ‘The Great Wall’ Adds $26.5 Million in Second Weekend

Dec 25, 2016 / Box Office /

As predicted, the new releases took the top two spots at the weekend box office, pushing last weekend’s victor "The Great Wall" to a third place finish with RMB 184 million ($26.5 million). Read More

Jonathan Papish