Netflix Buys China’s Disputed Box Office Champion ‘Us And Them’

Netflix has picked up multi-territory rights to “Us and Them” a Chinese romance that is currently topping the China box office.The film is the directorial debut of Taiwanese actress Rene Liu.

It features male heartthrob Jing Boran and rising female star Zhou Dongyu in a story of strangers who meet on a train as they head home for the holidays.Appropriately enough, “Us and Them” was released in time for the May Day holiday.

It has now earned $191 million after nine days on release.That box office total has been disputed as the distributor-producer Maoyan has been accused of selling deeply discounted tickets and inflating its success.

The producers of another film “Screaming Live” are now reported to be suing Maoyan for unfair competition, alleging that their film was unable to secure enough screens, due to Maoyan’s tactics.

As well as being producer of the film, Maoyan is

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