“Movies used to cost around 20 yuan ($2.8) but now they start at 40 yuan, with nicer theaters costing more than 100 yuan,” said user Momo, on Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book, China’s hottest ...

The producers of the “Aquaman” movies are not the only ones finding that China has become a lost kingdom. In 2023, no American films ranked among the 10 highest grossing in China despite ...

After a strong post-COVID recovery, the Chinese film market is plummeting, and recent reports indicate the all-important youth demo is the cause: "Our younger generations just aren’t going to ...

China’s latest box-office numbers may be an indication of what consumers — who have snapped shut their wallets during a new era of weaker Chinese economic growth — are willing to spend on.

For the past four years, Chinese audiences haven’t shown much interest in Hollywood movies. So, the breakout success of Disney and 20th Century’s “Alien: Romulus,” a gory sci-fi thriller ...

Social media users in China noticed that the end of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” had been altered in an apparent attempt to teach audiences a lesson.

China appears to have loosened its restrictions on the release of Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel movies in the world’s most populous country and its second-largest box office market.. The Black ...

China started to restrict the distribution of Korean music, movies, dramas, games and all other forms of pop culture in 2016 in retaliation to South Korea’s deployment of U.S. THAAD missile ...

China retaliated against U.S.-imposed tariffs on Thursday by reducing the number of allowed American made movies that can be shown in the country.

Mr. Green must also know that movies headed for China are released before a general audience of all ages — the equivalent of the audience for a G-rated film in America — meaning that so ...

China’s once-booming theatrical box office has begun to crumble. Total movie ticket sales revenue in the country so far this year is down a whopping 22 percent compared to last year.