Jackie Chan-starring comedy, “Kung Fu Yoga” topped a bountiful Chinese box office weekend that largely shrugged off the back to work blues.
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Chinese cinemas took 3.347 billion yuan (487 million U.S. dollars) in ticket sales during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday, setting a record high.
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Total ticket sales over China's vital New Year holiday period are up 13 percent, with blockbusters from Chow and Chan leading the pack.
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"Journey to the West: Demon Chapter” comfortably topped a massive Chinese New Year holiday weekend at the China box office. It was followed by “Buddies India” and China-India co-production “Kung Fu Yoga.”
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Pan-Asian cinema operator Orange Sky Golden Harvest has agreed to sell its theaters in mainland China to Dadi, China’s second-largest exhibition group.
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Ice Cube is expanding into Asia as his Cube Vision production company has entered into a strategic partnership with Kelvin Wu’s AID Partners, a Hong Kong media investment company.
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Amid a 22% slide, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt sci-fi Passengers soared to the top of the chart in its second week.
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Veteran film producers from Taiwan, Lee Lieh and Yeh Jufeng, have recently led their all star-studded cast to Beijing to promote their upcoming fantasy comedy The Village of No Return.
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The 2017 First China International Forum on Film Engineering Technology Industry was held in Beijing on Jan 15 to discuss the future of movie industry and cutting-edge technologies.
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Putting on a desperately unconvincing performance, newly released sci-fi drama “Arrival” landed on top of the Chinese box office over the Jan. 20-22 weekend.
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