China's Tightening Censorship Is Making a Bad Box Office Year Even Worse
Censorship by Chinese authorities is making the country's box office downturn even worse.
The Chinese market is experiencing its biggest box office slump in more than a decade, but Beijing's film regulators are making it very clear that they have other priorities.
Just this week, two high-profile Chinese films were pulled ahead of their planned summer release due to censorship issues. On Monday, July 15, martial arts movie The Hidden Sword announced that it was scrapping its Friday release because of unspecified "market reasons." On Tuesday, it emerged that the buzzed-about buddy comedy The Last Wish, set to ...
The Chinese market is experiencing its biggest box office slump in more than a decade, but Beijing's film regulators are making it very clear that they have other priorities.
Just this week, two high-profile Chinese films were pulled ahead of their planned summer release due to censorship issues. On Monday, July 15, martial arts movie The Hidden Sword announced that it was scrapping its Friday release because of unspecified "market reasons." On Tuesday, it emerged that the buzzed-about buddy comedy The Last Wish, set to ...
- 16/7/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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