The above infographic, provided by the Gravity Group, is a brief summary of the hits and percentages that make up the Chinese box office totals for last year. more ›

Okay, so we already knew propaganda birthday bonanza film Founding of a Party has been using pretty shady means to push box office numbers up (via delaying Transformers, making attendance mandatory, etc etc) but who knew they'd stoop to this? Circulating on weibo are photos showing the process whereby tickets to other movies are being sold as Founding of a Party, then simply manually changed to whatever movie the person wants to see. Here's the CDT translation: more ›

It has been a year and a half since the WTO ruled China's restriction of U.S. books, music and film to be in violation of free-trade laws. Now, at long last, the ruling's implementation this March could possibly see an expansion of the foreign film quota, which is currently set at a flexible 20 per year. The operative word here is 'could.' more ›

With the release of its first joint-venture film in China, Warner Bros. is taking an aggressive and (we believe) unique approach in trying to minimize the effect piracy has on the release. Could it actually be working? more ›