Tag: The Wandering Earth
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Crosses $500M in China
Avengers: Endgame is Hollywood’s first half-billion-dollar movie in China.The Marvel/Disney juggernaut crossed the $500 million mark late in the afternoon in Beijing on Thursday after already racing past Universal’s The Fate of the Furious ($392.8 million) to become the biggest imported film in China ever.Three patriotic local blockbusters sit at the very top of China’s…
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‘The Wandering Earth’ Featurettes: Behind the Out-of-This-World Visual Effects by Weta Workshop and Pixomondo
The Wandering Earth is an astounding achievement for China — not just in being the country’s very first sci-fi blockbuster, but for its out-of-this-world visual effects. The jaw-dropping effects were created by a cabal of visual effects studios, including Peter Jackson’s famous Weta Workshop, which was behind the Lord of the Rings series, and Pixomondo,…
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‘The Wandering Earth’ Review: China’s First Sci-Fi Blockbuster is a Spirited But Overlong Spectacle
The Wandering Earth plays like a sci-fi movie made by an algorithm. You’ve got your doomsday premise, your seedy post-apocalyptic world, your scrappy teen leads, your ambitious space mission to save the Earth from certain destruction. Throw in the operatic bombast of Chinese blockbusters, and you’ve got yourself a hit. Based off the novella of…
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Film Review: ‘The Wandering Earth’
The out-of-this-world success of China’s first-ever sci-fi blockbuster, “The Wandering Earth,” proves that when it comes to watching special-effects extravaganzas in which stock characters scramble to intervene while the planet faces obliteration, it’s a small world after all. Director Frant Gwo’s adaptation of the 2000 novella by Liu Cixin is no genre classic, but its…
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China Box Office: ‘Alita’ Wins the Weekend
Hollywood and Chinese sci-fi offerings went head-to-head at the Chinese box office this weekend. Newcomer “Alita: Battle Angel” smashed its way to the top with a $64 million debut — streaking past the Chinese titles that, though popular, have been in theaters since the Lunar New Year holiday at the start of the month.Fox’s futuristic…
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Biggest box-office month of all time recorded in China in February 2019
Lunar New Year holiday season helped to propel titles including The Wandering Earth and Alita: Battle AngelFebruary 2019 was the biggest month in history at the Chinese box office as ticket sales crossed $1.6bn (RMB10.75bn) propelled by Chinese New Year releases. This makes it the highest-grossing month in a single market anywhere in the world…
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Netflix acquires Chinese sci-fi hit ‘The Wandering Earth’
Sci-fi drama recently became the second highest grossing film of all time in China.Netflix has picked up Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth, which recently became the second highest grossing film of all time in China.The sci-fi action drama, which was released over the Chinese New Year holidays, will be made available by the streaming giant…