China Film File: 'X-Men' Excitement, Han Han's 'Hui Hui,' And Packer's Production
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- Last weekend, X-Men: Days of Futures Past conquered box offices worldwide, and with mainland ticket sales close to $40 million,
- China’s market proved no exception.
- With over 40 million followers on Weibo, the popular literary enfant terrible Han Han recently dropped a trailer for his upcoming film Hui Hui Wuqi (“Until we never meet again”).
- It looks like Australian casino mogul James Packer is getting into position to enter the Chinese co-production market.
- China’s production company Kylin Films has invested $20.5 million into American production The Moon and the Sun , which, as it stands, is the largest injection of cash from China to a foreign production
- While Chinese execs at this year’s Cannes festival were reported to be involved in much more partying than investing
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