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Not A Hollywood Ending: Are Hollywood films losing luster in China?

December 26, 2018 By Lu-Hai Liang

Learning how to please Chinese audiences without alienating moviegoers in the US is becoming crucial for Hollywood as box office receipts stagnate in home market but explode in China. Quarterly ticket revenues in China surpassed those in North America for the first time ever in the first three months of 2018, with Chinese cinemas netting $3.15 billion compared to $2.85 billion in Canada and the US. Those figures were boosted by massive takings during the Lunar New Year holiday, always a peak time for Chinese cinemas, but China could become the world’s largest film market in whole-year terms in 2019.

Filed Under: China, Consumers, Culture, Intellectual Property, Marketing, Movie Industry Tagged With: Chinese movie goers, Hollywood, Movie Industry

China Film Group and the Art of Playing Favorites in China’s Movie Market

July 15, 2015 By Brian Viard

How gatekeeping by the China Film Group is altering the dynamics of Hollywood blockbusters in China.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China, Movie Industry Tagged With: Brian Viard, Film Production, Government Control, Hollywood, Pricing, Slider

China and Hollywood Shake up the Box Office

June 19, 2015 By Li Hui

The unlikely partnership of China and Hollywood is creating big blockbusters like Iron Man 3 and Furious 7. But why are such co-production arrangements necessary?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Infographics, Know China, Movie Industry Tagged With: Film Production, Hollywood, Infographics, Movie Industry, Sino-US, Slider

China Roundup: Transformers in China; Tencent’s stake in 58.com; and Hon Hai dumps Huawei

July 4, 2014 By Major Tian

The week that was: Transformers raked in the riches in China; Chinese brands stole market share from global brands; Tencent picked up a stake in China’s Craigslist 58.com; and the exchange rate for the RMB was further liberalized. Transformers in China: Age of Prosperity Michael Bay’s latest movie doesn’t have the apocalyptic undertones in China […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China Round-up, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economics, Finance, Know China, Movie Industry, Policy and Law, Stock Exchange, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Chinese Brands, Chinese Economy, Chinese Market, Craigslist, Foreign Exchange, Hollywood, Huawei, IBM, JD.com, Movie Industry, PBOC, RMB, Slider, Tencent, WeChat

China’s Movie Market: Screening for Gold

January 14, 2014 By Jill Petzinger

What are foreign production companies up against in the race to win in China, the world’s second-largest movie market? When Iron Man 3 hit screens in China, audiences were rather unimpressed by the four minutes of extra footage that was added especially for the domestic market. While some deemed the inclusion of an extra scene […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Connections, Globalization, Know China, Movie Industry Tagged With: Chinese Films, Cultural Industry, Film Production, Hollywood, Slider, Wanda

Romancing Hollywood

May 16, 2012 By Wang Fanfan

The US and China are trying to tie the knot with new film deals, but will politics and culture intervene? Would Die Hard still be a classic hit if Jet Li had played the lead role? Would it have made a difference if Spiderman had been set against the backdrop of the Great Wall? And could Zhang Ziyi have […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Culture, Know China, Movie Industry Tagged With: Bona Film Group, Chinese Films, Chollywood, Film Production, Hollywood, Yu Dong

Ready for the Big Screen: Chinese Movie Makers flourish in the lime-light

May 5, 2012 By CKGSB Knowledge

Bona Film Group chairman and CEO Yu Dong talks to CKGSB Knowledge about the potential of China’s film industry, future opportunities and prospects for international collaboration

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Know China, Movie Industry, Videos Tagged With: Bona Film Group, Chinese Films, Chollywood, Cultural Industry, Hollywood, Yu Dong

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