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Big In China: Movies That Earn More RMB Than US$

Mar 1, 2017 / Infographics /

Twenty films have now found greater success in the world’s second largest film market than at home in the US. Read More

China Copyrights: No, You Can’t Call It Fair Use

Feb 28, 2017 / Legal /

As China’s homegrown media companies like Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent continue to pay serious money for the rights to stream tv shows, movies, and other copyrighted material, more lawsuits are being filed in Chinese courts seeking to enforce China’s copyright law, and more official efforts are underway to reduce the amount of pirated material available in China. Read More

On Screen China: ‘Surprise’!—Low-Budget Web Series Adaptation Wins the Weekend

Dec 14, 2015 / Box Office /

Surprise (万万没想到)—a low-budget comedy based on a popular web series set for official release next Friday, December 18—stormed into theaters early last weekend, netting $17.3 million from its Friday and Saturday preview screenings, while Hollywood holdovers Point Break ($30.4 million total) and The Martian ($86.9 million total) both withstood a barrage of 15 new releases, hanging on Read More

‘Martian,’ ‘Point Break’ Deliver 1-2 Import Punch to Four New Chinese Films

Dec 7, 2015 / Box Office /

Director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi survival saga The Martian held on to its lead at China’s box office for a second weekend, grossing $13.7 million and pushing up its overall take to $75.1 million after 12 days in theaters. The 20th Century Fox film narrowly edged out Alcon Entertainment’s extreme sports action film Point Break, which Read More

On Screen China: Can ‘Point Break’ Ride Out the Crowded Weekend?

Dec 3, 2015 / Box Office /

China’s booming box office hit another milestone Thursday afternoon, passing RMB 40 billion ($6.25 billion) for the first time ever in a calendar year. All 12 months of 2014 produced a box office gross of RMB 29.6 billion. December could add an additional RMB 4 billion – 5 billion to the 2015 gross with the release of Read More

Big In China: Movies That Earn More RMB Than US$

China Copyrights: No, You Can’t Call It Fair Use

On Screen China: ‘Surprise’!—Low-Budget Web Series Adaptation Wins the Weekend

‘Martian,’ ‘Point Break’ Deliver 1-2 Import Punch to Four New Chinese Films

On Screen China: Can ‘Point Break’ Ride Out the Crowded Weekend?

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