Four More Chinese Cinemas Punished for Box Office Fraud

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The Beijing Miruiku Cinema near Ritan Park in the capital’s diplomatic area was fined over RMB 20 million (US$2.9 million) after an investigation by the Beijing Cultural Law Enforcement Agency found it was guilty of box office fraud. Read More

China Blamed for Slow 2016 Global Box Office Growth

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The box office in China, which had grown in double-digits since 2003, still set its own record with $6.6 billion in 2016, but grew overall only 3.7 percent. US and Canada took in $11.4 billion, up a mere two percent over 2015. In China, a total of 10 films reached RMB 1 billion or higher Read More

Bona Film Group Signs 30-Theater Deal with IMAX

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IMAX added to its backlog of upcoming theater builds, just days after announcing a record number of new signings but decreased profit for 2016. Read More

IMAX China Blames 2016 Box Office Slowdown for Profit Drop

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IMAX China Holding Inc. saw profits fall 13 percent in 2016, dipping even the three percent growth that China's box office experienced during the year, the company announced Friday. Read More

Orange Sky Golden Harvest’s China Operations Bought by Dadi Cinema

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The purchase is the latest sign of consolidation in China’s cinema market and a fillip for OSHG investors Huayi Brothers and Alibaba Pictures Group in their battle with market leader Wanda Cinema Line. Pan-Asian cinema exhibition group Orange Sky Golden Harvest (OSGH) has sold its entire China operation to Dadi Cinema Construction, the companies announced Read More

China Overtakes US with Almost 41,000 Movie Screens

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China now has the most cinema screens of any country in the world, capping a decade of construction that saw it add more than 20 movie screens per day. Read More

‘Deepwater Horizon’ Secures November 15 China Release

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"Deepwater Horizon" (深海浩劫), Lionsgate’s disaster drama, has secured a Chinese cinematic release for November 15. Read More

CFI Interview: Ty Ahmad-Taylor, CEO of THX

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For Ty Ahmad-Taylor, CEO of THX, the US cinema certification company founded by George Lucas and engineers at Lucasfilm, Chinese audience reaction is a sign of Chinese moviegoers' increased sophistication. Read More

Wanda to Partner with South Korea’s CJ CGV?

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Wanda Cinema Line, China’s biggest movie-theater operator, is in talks with CJ CGV, South Korea's largest movie theater chain, possibly with a view to partnering up in China. Read More