Despite some censorship of its gay content, “Bohemian Rhapsody” has broken the box office record in China for a film imported by the country’s small but growing National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas. As of April 1, after just 10 days in theaters, the film has taken in RMB80.3 million ($11.1 million) in limited release. The movie has surpassed the alliance’s previous highest-grossing title — “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which took in $10.3 million — and drawn attention to a little-known route for foreign films attempting to get into China without being hampered by the official quota for overseas titles.
The world’s most populous country has only a handful of dedicated art-house cinemas. Though Chinese art films continue to garner top prizes abroad, their box office prospects at home have historically been pitiable — so much so that, in 2016, a video went viral of an elderly producer literally getting on his knees to beg...
The world’s most populous country has only a handful of dedicated art-house cinemas. Though Chinese art films continue to garner top prizes abroad, their box office prospects at home have historically been pitiable — so much so that, in 2016, a video went viral of an elderly producer literally getting on his knees to beg...
- 4/4/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
On Body And Soul and I Am Not Your Negro are also in the process of being imported into China as Naac ramps up arthouse slate.
Source: Fox Searchlight Pictures
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
Golden Globe-winning drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will receive a theatrical release in China on March 2 as part of an expanding slate handled by the territory’s National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas (Naac).
China’s Huaxia Distribution, one of only two state-approved distributors of foreign movies, is overseeing the film’s distribution, working closely with Fox Searchlight and the Naac. The alliance is responsible for booking the film into its members’ screens, which currently number around 600 in 89 cities across China. The three co-distributors will also collaborate on the film’s marketing.
“The number of screens in the alliance is increasing continuously, so by the time we release the film we expect it to be on more than 600 screens,” says Naac president...
Source: Fox Searchlight Pictures
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
Golden Globe-winning drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will receive a theatrical release in China on March 2 as part of an expanding slate handled by the territory’s National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas (Naac).
China’s Huaxia Distribution, one of only two state-approved distributors of foreign movies, is overseeing the film’s distribution, working closely with Fox Searchlight and the Naac. The alliance is responsible for booking the film into its members’ screens, which currently number around 600 in 89 cities across China. The three co-distributors will also collaborate on the film’s marketing.
“The number of screens in the alliance is increasing continuously, so by the time we release the film we expect it to be on more than 600 screens,” says Naac president...
- 1/22/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Courtroom drama to be released in Q1, 2018.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder will be distributed theatrically by China’s new arthouse circuit, the National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas (Naac), in the first quarter of 2018.
Source: Gaga Corp
The Third Murder
The Japanese courtroom drama, sold by Gaga Corp in Asian territories, is the first Asian title to be selected by the Naac, excluding classic titles that the alliance has been distributing since its launch in 2016.
The release will also mark the first time that Kore-eda, one of Japan’s leading auteurs with credits including Like Father, Like Son and Nobody Knows, has had a film released theatrically in mainland China.
Produced by Fuji Television, Amuse and Gaga, The Third Murder revolves around a lawyer defending a self-confessed murderer who begins to question his own faith in the legal process. The cast is headed by Fukuyama Masaharu, who also starred in John Woo’s recent crime thriller [link=tt...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder will be distributed theatrically by China’s new arthouse circuit, the National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas (Naac), in the first quarter of 2018.
Source: Gaga Corp
The Third Murder
The Japanese courtroom drama, sold by Gaga Corp in Asian territories, is the first Asian title to be selected by the Naac, excluding classic titles that the alliance has been distributing since its launch in 2016.
The release will also mark the first time that Kore-eda, one of Japan’s leading auteurs with credits including Like Father, Like Son and Nobody Knows, has had a film released theatrically in mainland China.
Produced by Fuji Television, Amuse and Gaga, The Third Murder revolves around a lawyer defending a self-confessed murderer who begins to question his own faith in the legal process. The cast is headed by Fukuyama Masaharu, who also starred in John Woo’s recent crime thriller [link=tt...
- 1/11/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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