China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[A Marvel Fanboy]

13 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

Better Days fuck off because of censorship. 

 

4 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:

Another victim? 😡    

 

 

Yes, officially banned, dead and buried like 800

[A Marvel Fanboy]

The Last Wish is in danger. In that event, Looking Up, supposedly the fourth contender, will become the biggest summer local film.

Edited June 24, 2019 by firedeep

[XO21]

I know it's bad to say it, but basically the 2 biggest competitors of Far From Home got cancelled/delayed. 😅

[A Marvel Fanboy]

57 minutes ago, XO21 said:

I know it's bad to say it, but basically the 2 biggest competitors of Far From Home got cancelled/delayed. 😅

more cancelled than delayed, to be precise

[Claudio]

And guess who’ll benefit the most from that cancellation!?

Yes, TS4, FFH and TLK which are all Disney related at least....

 

Even the mainland China couldn’t escape from Mickey’s law.

[Claudio]

Anyone knows why the supposedly this year’s 3 Chinese blockbuster summer released got cancelled or in danger???

iirc ,

The eight hundred has a controversial soldier thing so I guess it’s because of nationalism subject.

Better days has something about patriarchy thing (????)

But what’s the problem for The last Wish tho which makes it in danger?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

7 minutes ago, Claudio said:

Anyone knows why the supposedly this year’s 3 Chinese blockbuster summer released got cancelled or in danger???

iirc ,

The eight hundred has a controversial soldier thing so I guess it’s because of nationalism subject.

Better days has something about patriarchy thing (????)

But what’s the problem for The last Wish tho which makes it in danger?

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/678-china-box-office-general-discussion-thread/page/2311/#comments

there was some dicussion btw page 2311 and 2314

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Basically what barely made it through the censorship in the previous year will almost certainly be banned in the next year.  Neither Youth nor Dying to Survive can make it to theaters if come out this year. The tightening on content is becoming severer by each passing year.

[fmpro]

Soooo. Just Chinese RomComs from now on 🤷‍♂️

[Gavin Feng]

Chinese censorship is a good thing for Hollywood titles now

[A Marvel Fanboy]

51 minutes ago, fmpro said:

Soooo. Just Chinese RomComs from now on 🤷‍♂️

Not even ROMCOM is safe bet ...

[lorddemaxus]

So is the CCP trying to destroy their country's own film industry?

Edited June 24, 2019 by lorddemaxus

[A Marvel Fanboy]

The most unbelivable and most unknown truth about Chinese censorship is that your film is censored by not only the Department of Propaganda but also every ministerial-level department. That means, if your movie takes place on a train, it will be firstly censored by China Railway Corporation (you read it right). Most of time, the DOP or its superior (guess who) has the final word though. And guess what? there are over 100 ministerial-level units in China—maybe more, I couldnot count. Even the Buddhist Association of China can kill your film. It is widely spreaded Better Days was killed by Ministry of Education。

[A Marvel Fanboy]

18 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

So is the CCP trying to destroy their country's own film industry?

Destroying or developing the film industry is never the foremost concern to CCP. The film industry exists in China only because it helps with or serves CCP's ruling. The same applies to every other industry, big or small. And when there is controversy, no matter what it is, it is not helping. What is better than controversy is there is no controversy.

 

 

Edited June 24, 2019 by firedeep

[Gavin Feng]

42 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

So is the CCP trying to destroy their country's own film industry?

No. They just don't care.

[john2000]

Just now, Gavin Feng said:

No. They just don't care.

thats bad, as chinese movies have big potential, why someone wont care about money ? especially when its a product from their own country ?

[dxmatrixdt]

are you allowed to leave China, or are you born into a prison you cannot escape?

[Godzilla]

This is so wrong. Censorship is disgusting. Also it shows how vulnerable things are in China right now that they’re worried about movies lol. 

[Gavin Feng]

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Edited September 14, 2019 by Gavin Feng

[charlie Jatinder]

1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said:

So is the CCP trying to destroy their country's own film industry?

That's ironical considering how they tried to save it from Hollywood with all those limitations on release, etc.