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Headlines from China: Douyin Forms Strategic Partnerships with Six Film Production Companies

Apr 19, 2019 / Headlines From China /

Douyin will collaborate with these partners on promotions of movie and music content. Read More

Headlines from China: Tencent Pictures to Board Paramount’s ‘Bumblebee’ and ‘Top Gun 2’

Dec 5, 2018 / Headlines From China /

Tencent pictures announced that the company would collaborate with Paramount Pictures on upcoming films 'Bumblebee' and 'Top Gun 2'. This marks the first collaboration between the Chinese tech giant and the Hollywood studio. Read More

Headlines From China: Perfect World To Transfer $262 Million Worth Of Cinema Businesses

Jan 29, 2018 / Headlines From China /

Researchers believe that the rising number of cinema screens has exceeded the actual demand, while online video platforms see continued growth in the number of users. Focusing on content-based products will likely make Perfect World more competitive. Read More

Headlines from China: Tencent Acquires Stake in Hollywood Studio Skydance Media

Jan 26, 2018 / Headlines From China /

Hollywood studio Skydance Media has inked a deal with Tencent to sell a little less than 10 percent of its stake to the Chinese tech giant. Read More

‘Secret Superstar’ Blazes New Trail for Indian Cinema in China

Jan 18, 2018 / News /

Though critics doubt 'Secret Superstar' will repeat the box-office success of ‘Dangal,’ it has already secured Bollywood’s first revenue-sharing agreement in China. Read More

Headlines from China: 31 Film & TV Works on China’s Priority Copyright Protection List

Dec 19, 2017 / Headlines From China /

China’s National Copyright Administration published a brand new list of 23 films, 4 TV shows, and 4 animation and comic works whose copyrights will be strongly enforced. Read More

Xi Jinping Tells Modi He Loves ‘Dangal,’ Wants More Such Movies in China

Jun 12, 2017 / News /

Bollywood’s Dangal, already the highest earning non-Hollywood foreign film in Chinese history, earned another important Chinese fan over the weekend -- China's President Xi Jinping. Read More

Dangal: China’s Leggiest Film Ever

Jun 7, 2017 / Box Office /

On Friday May 5, the Indian wrestling drama Dangal debuted with little fanfare on Chinese screens, grossing just RMB 14.6 million ($2.1 million) against Disney/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's RMB 100 million ($14.7 million). Yet from that point forward, the two films would take completely opposite box office trajectories. Read More

China Box Office: India’s ‘Dangal’ Crushes Hollywood Heavyweights

May 16, 2017 / Box Office /

Released on the same day as Disney/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the Aamir Khan wrestling drama needed just six days to overtake the superhero sequel at the daily box office, and more than doubled the Hollywood blockbuster's haul this weekend. Read More

‘Dangal’ Sells Bollywood Feminism at China Box Office

May 15, 2017 / News /

In Bollywood blockbuster "Dangal," two young women wrestle their way into the ring in a deeply patriarchal Indian society — and at the Chinese box office, the film, too, is breaking with convention. Read More

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