‘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

Legendary Launches Marketing Blitz for ‘Warcraft’ in China

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Less-than-stellar reviews haven’t blunted the high level of anticipation in China where the game the film is based on is hugely popular. Read More

Live-Streaming Apps Boom in China, Fuel Celebrity, Create New Stars

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A new report values China's Internet celebrity economy at more than the film industry’s 2015 gross box office total. Read More

‘Warcraft’ Eyes $20B Gaming Market For Film Payoff in China

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A CGI-enhanced live action adaptation of Blizzard's online role playing game that's been a hit on Netease since 2009. Read More

China’s Virtual Reality Check

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Both China's gaming community and its moviegoers outnumber America's citizens. Facing breakneck change and harsh pollution, many are excited by the escape offered by virtual reality. Read More

China Tightens Censorship of Online Dramas

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Web dramas will now be subject to the same pre-approval and censorship process as television programs. Read More

Hong Kong Film Awards Won’t Be Aired in Mainland China

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Broadcasts were canceled following the nomination of dystopian Hong Kong film Ten Years was nominated in the best picture category. Read More

Big in China: Western Celebrity Spreads via Social Media Campaigners FansTang

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The chasm between China’s social media ecosystem—now 650 million online and counting—and the Twitterverse enveloping the rest of the world is not simply cultural. Read More

Legal Roundup: Wanda Moves Ahead, Beijing Moots Cultural Blacklist

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The first in a regular CFI series summarizing news in law and regulation affecting the entertainment business in China, the U.S. and the rest of the world. Read More

That’s a Wrap: 2015’s Top China Film Stories and Trends

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The China Film Insider team wishes you a happy 2016. Thank you for reading and for sharing our work with your friends and colleagues as we continue to grow in the new year. — Jonathan Landreth, Sky Canaves, Pang-chieh Ho, and Jonathan Papish. The box-office booms. Again. China’s box office revenues grew at a blistering Read More

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