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Imax recorded its highest-grossing Chinese New Year weekend at the box office, earning an estimated $25 million from China over the weekend despite the country’s seating restrictions to 75 percent capacity. The record was set almost entirely due to new...

The highest grossing movie on planet earth in 2020 was China’s The Eight Hundred, becoming the first title outside the Hollywood system to accomplish the feat with $450.4 million, according to numbers provided to Boxoffice PRO by Chinese distributor Huayi Brothers....

The global box office suffered a steep 71% decline in 2020, the largest year-over-year drop on record, stemming from the disastrous impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. ComScore is reporting a $12.2 billion tally in global ticket sales at cinemas worldwide...

The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how...

IMAX reports today that the continued success of Huayi Brothers' The Eight Hundred in China resulted in the company's top performing box office day of the year in the country, posting $2.7 million from 647 screens. That figure accounted for...

The global box office rode a wave of optimism over the weekend as more major releases made their way back to theaters.  The Eight Hundred, a highly-anticipated domestic title from China, delivered the industry’s first $100M+ launch in the global...

On China’s third weekend of reopened cinemas, war thriller 1917 launched with $5.50 million, the best frame for a film since reopening commenced there. 1917 led all three days, with $1.70 million on Friday, $1.97 million on Saturday, and $1.83 million...

With international theaters opening up to positive trends in recent weeks, including China itself, Warner Bros. has confirmed this morning that Christopher Nolan's Tenet will debut in Middle Kingdom theaters on September 4.

This past weekend saw three different films lead the Chinese daily box office on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Chinese drama The Enigma of Arrival debuted on Friday with $1.38 million. It also led the weekend overall with $3.35 million. The...

Thursday, April 16 Update: Although the news of release delays and new dates are beginning to slow down with the bulk of the 2020 calendar through summer having been addressed recently, this week still hasn't been without a few significant...

PRESS RELEASE Wanda Cinema, China’s largest film distributor and exhibitor, has chosen Christie’s compact all-in-one, DCI-compliant RGB pure laser cinema projector, featuring RealLaser illumination technology, for its 600th multiplex in the country. Guangzhou Haizhu Wanda Cinema comprises nine well-appointed auditoriums, including a “PRIME...