After a down year for the second-biggest moviegoing marketplace, China’s theatrical industry may be back with or without Hollywood’s help. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” earned just 7.5 million after four days in China, but the Middle Kingdom’s two biggest Lunar New Year releases continued to soar. “The Wandering Earth 2,” a prequel to the early-2019 disaster epic, topped 518 million, while Zhang Yimou’s period-piece suspense comedy “Full River Red” sailed past 609 million.
“This is a great reminder of what the Chinese box office looks like when it’s firing on all cylinders — strong results driven by a broad, diverse offering of films across genres from local and Hollywood filmmakers alike,” IMAX China CEO Daniel Manwaring told TheWrap.
That “The Wandering Earth 2” is not the season’s top Chinese tentpole and probably won’t match its 699 million-grossing predecessor is a slight surprise. There is a recent pattern in...
“This is a great reminder of what the Chinese box office looks like when it’s firing on all cylinders — strong results driven by a broad, diverse offering of films across genres from local and Hollywood filmmakers alike,” IMAX China CEO Daniel Manwaring told TheWrap.
That “The Wandering Earth 2” is not the season’s top Chinese tentpole and probably won’t match its 699 million-grossing predecessor is a slight surprise. There is a recent pattern in...
- 2/13/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
India may be slowly positioning itself as Hollywood’s next international target for a box office boost.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” has set another box office record in India with a 55 million-and-counting running total. The U.S. gross is still second behind “Avengers: Endgame” and its 62 million gross in 2019. However, it has earned more in Indian currency than the MCU sequel, making it the most successful Hollywood movie ever in India.
While James Cameron’s 3D sequel has rebounded in China, with 193 million-and-counting and a just-announced extension through the Lunar New Year on Jan. 22, it continues a pattern of Hollywood films earning far less than previously expected pre-covid in what is still the biggest overseas marketplace.
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“The financial allure of China is waning, and Hollywood is a few steps behind,” Asian Studies professor Deepak Sarma of Case Western Reserve University told TheWrap. We’ve already seen rumblings of...
“Avatar: The Way of Water” has set another box office record in India with a 55 million-and-counting running total. The U.S. gross is still second behind “Avengers: Endgame” and its 62 million gross in 2019. However, it has earned more in Indian currency than the MCU sequel, making it the most successful Hollywood movie ever in India.
While James Cameron’s 3D sequel has rebounded in China, with 193 million-and-counting and a just-announced extension through the Lunar New Year on Jan. 22, it continues a pattern of Hollywood films earning far less than previously expected pre-covid in what is still the biggest overseas marketplace.
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“The financial allure of China is waning, and Hollywood is a few steps behind,” Asian Studies professor Deepak Sarma of Case Western Reserve University told TheWrap. We’ve already seen rumblings of...
- 1/13/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
With 661 million worldwide as of Thursday, and a possible end-of-weekend cume over/under 900 million global, Walt Disney and 20th Century Studios’ “Avatar: The Way of Water” is on its way to potentially becoming the year’s biggest global grosser. However, with just 80 million from China in eight days from a 57 million opening weekend (including a 78 drop on its second Friday), according to individuals with knowledge, James Cameron’s underwater 3-D epic is the latest big Hollywood movie to stumble in China. It’s also the latest Hollywood tentpole, think “Top Gun: Maverick” (1.49 billion sans China) or “The Batman” (just 20 million out of 770 million from China), to earn top-tier global box office with almost no help from the Middle Kingdom.
There was an implicit hope that China might help make “Avatar 2” a hit there to continue the narrative that Hollywood could find fortune and glory in China. Covid-specific variables (which...
There was an implicit hope that China might help make “Avatar 2” a hit there to continue the narrative that Hollywood could find fortune and glory in China. Covid-specific variables (which...
- 12/23/2022
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Marco Polo creator John Fusco has partnered with Renny Harlin and Daljit DJ Parmar’s Extraordinary Entertainment to create an organized crime drama about the Triad.
The Successor marks the first international television series for the nascent production and finance firm, which is based in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Young Guns writer Fusco, who recently penned Netflix’s Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson film The Highwaymen, has written the drama, which explores the secretive and deadly business of worldwide crime syndicates.
Seen through the eyes of a young protagonist, the story follows his journey into the underworld after his kingpin father is murdered in a gangland shootout. Starting as a complete outsider, the successor must decide whether to turn away and disown his father, or to pursue the killers and claim his place in the brutal and unforgiving world of the Triads.
Fusco will also executive produce with Extraordinary Entertainment’s Harlin and Parmar.
The Successor marks the first international television series for the nascent production and finance firm, which is based in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Young Guns writer Fusco, who recently penned Netflix’s Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson film The Highwaymen, has written the drama, which explores the secretive and deadly business of worldwide crime syndicates.
Seen through the eyes of a young protagonist, the story follows his journey into the underworld after his kingpin father is murdered in a gangland shootout. Starting as a complete outsider, the successor must decide whether to turn away and disown his father, or to pursue the killers and claim his place in the brutal and unforgiving world of the Triads.
Fusco will also executive produce with Extraordinary Entertainment’s Harlin and Parmar.
- 9/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Director teams with producer Daljit DJ Parmar (Kung Fu Yoga) to launch Beijing and Hong Kong-based production and finance company.
Director Renny Harlin and producer Daljit DJ Parmar (Kung Fu Yoga) have launched a Beijing and Hong Kong-based production and finance company, Extraordinary Entertainment.
The new outfit will focus on developing international co-productions, as well as local-language Chinese films, focusing on features in the $10m-$50m budget range and scripted TV series. Parmar will serve as CEO with Harlin as chief creative officer.
The first original feature in development is sci-fi epic Solara, which Harlin is aiming to direct from...
Director Renny Harlin and producer Daljit DJ Parmar (Kung Fu Yoga) have launched a Beijing and Hong Kong-based production and finance company, Extraordinary Entertainment.
The new outfit will focus on developing international co-productions, as well as local-language Chinese films, focusing on features in the $10m-$50m budget range and scripted TV series. Parmar will serve as CEO with Harlin as chief creative officer.
The first original feature in development is sci-fi epic Solara, which Harlin is aiming to direct from...
- 5/9/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Leading global conference producer will also present Brett Ratner as Keynote Speaker for the 8th Annual International Film Finance Forum on May 19th
In its 8th year at Cannes, Winston Baker is proud to announce a new partnership and conference as part of the Croisette lineup. In partnership with Marché du Film, Winston Baker will present its first ever technology conference, the “Immersive Summit” to be hosted on May 19, 2017 to bring together leading minds in technology and film for discussions on monetizing innovation and breaking into the Vr/Ar world.
Winston Baker will also host its yearly high-level film finance program, geared towards global strategies for financing films, aligning interests with global partners, and identifying new distribution avenues. During the forum, topics will focus on preserving cinema culture, China’s pivot to Europe, and the next wave of film finance royalty.
“When we first launched our Cannes Forum in 2010, we...
In its 8th year at Cannes, Winston Baker is proud to announce a new partnership and conference as part of the Croisette lineup. In partnership with Marché du Film, Winston Baker will present its first ever technology conference, the “Immersive Summit” to be hosted on May 19, 2017 to bring together leading minds in technology and film for discussions on monetizing innovation and breaking into the Vr/Ar world.
Winston Baker will also host its yearly high-level film finance program, geared towards global strategies for financing films, aligning interests with global partners, and identifying new distribution avenues. During the forum, topics will focus on preserving cinema culture, China’s pivot to Europe, and the next wave of film finance royalty.
“When we first launched our Cannes Forum in 2010, we...
- 5/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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