On Screen China: Summer Slump Sees July Drop 18% from A Year Earlier

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The month was the third this year—following April and May—in which the Chinese box office shrank from the same month a year earlier. Read More

Chinese Media Blames Spate of Poor Quality Films for Flagging Box Office

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People’s Daily launched a broadside against the country’s film industry on Thursday, blaming the sector’s dramatic reversal in fortunes on “terrible” and “mediocre” films. Read More

Top Chinese Film Animation Boosted by Crowdfunding

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Film and TV crowdfunding campaigns in China hit around 500 million yuan (U.S.$75 million) in 2015. Read More

China Said To Target Korean Entertainment Amid Missile Defense Dispute

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China is a primary market for the Korean Wave of pop culture products such as KPop and films that long have dominated East Asia. Read More

Blockbuster Director Feng Xiaogang Signs with CAA

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CAA also represents Chinese directors including Zhang Yimou and Lu Chuan, Hong Kong directors John Woo and Wong Kar Wai, and Oscar-winning Chinese-American director Ang Lee. Read More

China Box Office: ‘League of Gods’ Rises to Top But Fails to Score Big

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Analysts can blame drop in subsidized ticketing for box office slump, but only quality films will entice moviegoers back into cinemas. Read More

Baidu Uses Big Data to Identify Box Office Fraud

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Chinese tech giant Baidu plans to release its own sales indices that they say will provide evidence of box office fraud before official figures are released. Read More

On Screen China: ‘Skiptrace’ Steady, But Box-Office Cool-down Continues

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Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville comedy is now on track to become the biggest local-language film of the summer but its probable $125 million finish means China’s once red-hot box office is slumping compared with 2015. Read More

China Box Office Slumping, Official Numbers Show

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Box office takings in the world’s second-largest film market fell for the first time in half a decade, official figures released this week show. Read More

Alibaba Pictures Launches $300M Investment Fund

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Alibaba Pictures Monday announced it has established a RMB 2 billion ($300 million) fund to invest in film and TV companies, despite an expected increase in first half-year 2016 losses of RMB 400-450 million. Read More

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