#China Box Office: Disney’s ‘Wish’ Goes Unfulfilled, Local Thriller ‘Across the Furious Sea’ Opens to M

#China Box Office: Disney’s ‘Wish’ Goes Unfulfilled, Local Thriller ‘Across the Furious Sea’ Opens to $25M

Local crime thriller Across the Furious Sea, directed and co-written by Cao Baoping, dominated China’s box office over the weekend with a $24.7 million two-day opening kicking off on Saturday. The film’s strong start continues a recent market trend of Chinese moviegoers favoring well-told local crime stories.  But it was another weekend of struggle for Hollywood filmmaking…

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#China Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Flops as Audiences Continue to Snub U.S. Franchise Movies

#China Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Flops as Audiences Continue to Snub U.S. Franchise Movies

Lionsgate’s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes opened at China’s movie box office in third place over the weekend, losing to two holdover local films and earning just $4.6 million. It’s just the latest disappointing performance by a U.S. franchise film in the market.  Songbirds & Snakes has earned low to middling social scores…

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#Tokyo: Director Tetsuya Tomina Mines the Enigmas of Japan’s Sado Island in Metaphysical Romance ‘Who Were We?’

#Tokyo: Director Tetsuya Tomina Mines the Enigmas of Japan’s Sado Island in Metaphysical Romance ‘Who Were We?’

Japan’s Tetsuya Tomina is a director preoccupied with presence — a beguiling sense of place or striking actors simply existing on screen. His second feature, Who Were We?, which premiered in competition this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival, is a metaphysical love story that follows a man and a woman — played by young stars…

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