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Deadline — China

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Deadline — ChinaChina‘Resident Evil’ Becoming Zach Cregger’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever At $280M+ WW, Boosted By $35M China Debut EXCLUSIVE: By the end of this week or sooner, Sony/Constantin’s Resident Evil will become Zach Cregger’s highest-grossing movie at the global box office.

10.07

Deadline — ChinaChina‘Minions & Monsters’ B.O. Challenge, U.S. Studios Out In Force & AI Convo Ramps Up: Five Animation Talking Points Going Into Annecy The Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend at a time of change, opportunity and retreat for the animation sector as big budget studio fare chases the $1B box office…

06.19

Deadline — ChinaChinaBrett Ratner, Tim Cook And Elon Musk Join Donald Trump As He Visits China For Summit With Xi Jinping As President Donald Trump embarks on a trip to China for a high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping, among those spotted was director Brett Ratner.

05.12

Deadline — ChinaChinaChina Censors CNN Segment About Chinese Censorship It might be the quickest-ever fact check. A segment of Elex Michaelson’s The Story Is on CNN was censored last night just as the network’s correspondent in Beijing, Mike Valerio, began describing the…

03.18

Deadline — ChinaChinaChinese New Year Stretch Racks Up $842M, Fueled By ‘Pegasus 3’ At Near $425M; ‘GOAT’ Leaps To $102M+ – Global Box Office Update TUESDAY UPDATE: Maoyan Research Institute reports that the Chinese New Year rang up $842.3M (RMB 5.75 billion) for the period of Feb. 15-Feb. 23 with total admissions at 120 million.

02.24

Deadline — ChinaChina‘Marty Supreme’ Becomes A24’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever With Near $149M Worldwide Ahead Of China’s March Release UPDATE: As we told you, Marty Supreme was bound to become A24’s highest-grossing movie ever around the world this past weekend with a global take of $148.8 million, outstripping previous champ, the…

02.10

Deadline — ChinaChina‘Zootopia 2’ Has Grossed $630M In China, The Highest Tally There By A Hollywood Film, Disney Says Zootopia 2 has grossed $630 million in China, the best performance by any Hollywood film in the territory, according to Disney.

02.02

Deadline — ChinaChinaUK & Chinese Animation Reaps Reward Of Prime Minister’s Trip To China EXCLUSIVE: A UK Prime Minister’s first trip to China in eight years could lead to a boon for the UK and Chinese animation industries.

01.30

Deadline — ChinaChinaNetflix’s ‘Skyscraper Live’ Delayed Due To Weather; Alex Honnold’s Climb Of World’s 11th Tallest Building Punted To Saturday Netflix’s much-hyped Skyscraper Live won’t be going live tonight from Taiwan’s capital due to Mother Nature.

01.24

Deadline — ChinaChinaChina 2025 Box Office At $7.4 Billion, +20%, But It Comes With An Asterisk Research corporation Maoyan Entertainment reported Monday that the China box office finaled at RMB 51.832 billion, or $7.47 billion, in 2025, up 20% over 2024’s take.

01.05

Deadline — ChinaChinaTikTok’s Long-Awaited U.S. Joint Venture Deal To Finally Close Next Month, CEO Memo Confirms In a memo to employees, TikTok CEO Shou Chew said Thursday the long-awaited creation of a joint venture to oversee the U.S. part of the China-based video platform finally is about to close.

2025.12.18

Deadline — ChinaChina‘Zootopia 2’ Jumps To $556.4M Global Opening For Biggest WW Start Of 2025 – International Box Office SUNDAY UPDATE: Disney’s Zootopia 2 has continued its wild ride throughout this weekend, landing the biggest global launch for any movie in 2025 at an estimated $556.4M through Sunday.

2025.11.30