Tag: The Wandering Earth
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‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Director Ben Wheatley on Designing the Death Scenes
The biggest event to hit theaters this summer since Barbenheimer is the highly anticipated follow-up to the Jason Statham-led thriller, The Meg (2018). As Meg 2: The Trench splashes its way to the box office, audiences are beyond ready to see what other fantastical, monstrous creatures the deep is home to. Return to Mana One…
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‘Ant-Man 3’ soars with 225m global box office debut; ‘Avatar 2’ overtakes ‘Titanic’ in all-time ranking
‘Quantumania’ delivered a bigger opening than any of the other ‘Ant-Man’ films with 225m worldwide.World box office February 17-19 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (world) Cume (world)3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (Disney) 225.3m 225.3m 121.3m 121.3m 44 2. Avatar: The Way Of Water (Disney)16.8m 2.24bn 10.7m 1.59bn 53 3. Puss In Boots:…
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‘Be Somebody’ Holds Strongly at the China Box Office in Its Third Weekend
Crime comedy film “Be Somebody” held up strongly at the top of the mainland Chinese box office, in a weekend where the top four places remained unchanged.“Be Somebody” scored $21.9 million on its third weekend of release, just 8% down on its second weekend figure, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. That give it…
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‘Skyfire’ Review: It’s Raining Magma in This Cheerfully Cheesy Chinese Disaster Movie Set on a Volcanic Island
It’s no great leap forward in filmmaking, but the big-budget disaster movie “Skyfire” does prove that China is now capable of producing its own brand of utterly preposterous and enjoyably trashy popcorn entertainment for a global audience. This thrill-packed tale about an angry volcano wreaking havoc on thinly written characters at a luxury island resort…
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‘The Wandering Earth’ Sequel Sets Chinese New Year 2023 Release Date
Director Frant Gwo has announced that the sequel to his sci-fi hit “The Wandering Earth,” China’s third highest grossing film of all time, will release over the 2023 Lunar New Year holiday, consistently the country’s biggest movie-going week of each year.“The Wandering Earth” became a surprise hit after its 2019 Lunar New Year debut, beating…
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China box office: War epic ‘Sacrifice’ grosses $53m on opening weekend
Patriotic film was produced to celebrate the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War.Local war epic Sacrifice topped the box office on its opening weekend (October 23-25) in China, according to figures from theatrical consultancy Artisan Gateway, grossing $53m in three days.Produced to celebrate the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean…
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China Directors Guild Crowns ‘Wandering Earth,’ Derek Tsang, Wang Xiaoshuai
Chinese sci-fi blockbuster “The Wandering Earth” was named film of the year by the China Film Directors Guild at its annual awards ceremony on Saturday night in Beijing, local media reported.The award ceremony, which took place coincided with the further re-opening of cinemas in China as the Covid-19 pandemic recedes, also presented director of the…
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To ideology and beyond: will China’s sci-fi movies plot their own course?
The government seems to have given the green light to a long mistrusted genre – but it’s unclear what territory the new breed of blockbusters will exploreYou might think a nation that effectively banned science fiction for much of its history might hesitate before encouraging its film-makers to get their futuristic thinking caps on. But…
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China Issues Guidelines On Developing a Sci-Fi Film Sector
Chinese film authorities issued a new document outlining policy measures to boost the country’s production of science fiction movies.Entitled “Several Opinions on Promoting the Development of Science Fiction Films,” the document highlights how the sci-fi genre fits into the ruling Communist Party’s broader ideological and technological goals. It was released earlier this month by China’s…
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China’s Box Office Hit New Heights in 2019, as Hollywood’s Share Shrank
Hollywood films had a historically unsuccessful year at the China box office in 2019, data from Chinese authorities and online ticketing platform Maoyan show, although the country’s theatrical revenues rose to a new all-time high.American titles accounted for just two of the country’s top ten grossers last year, with “Avengers: Endgame” placing third and “Fast…