Disney Exec Reacts to Backlash Over 'Mulan' Filming Location in China

Rebecca Davis editorWith U.S. studio tentpoles dropping out of the theatrical calendar, Chinese blockbusters may find a rare opportunity to gain some traction abroad.

Rebecca Davis editorPeter Chan’s volleyball drama “Leap” has jumped above its competition in China this weekend with a $24.6 million three-day debut, highlighting Chinese audiences’ continued preference for well-crafted local titles, according to data from the Maoyan industry tracker. The score is higher than the $23 million opening of Disney’s “Mulan” the weekend of Sept.

Rebecca Davis editorFemale-led volleyball drama “Leap” hit China with an $8.2 million opening day Friday, narrowly topping the premiere-day box office haul of Disney’s “Mulan” earlier this month, according to industry tracker Maoyan.

Rebecca Davis editorDisney’s “Mulan” made only $6.47 million over its second weekend in China, allowing it to be handily defeated once again by the local war epic “The Eight Hundred,” according to data from industry tracker Maoyan.As of Sunday evening, the Disney title has earned a cumulative $36.5 million (RMB 247 million) in the key territory.

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Disney's Mulan malfunctioned in its China box office debut with a disheartening $23.2 million. The $200 million tentpole was made with both Chinese and American audiences top of mind.

Rebecca Davis editorDisney’s “Mulan” opened in China this weekend with disappointing figures of just $23 million, far from the slam dunk it had hoped for in a critical territory.While it still was the highest grosser of the weekend, it came in just a hair above the local historical epic “The Eight Hundred,” which grossed $21.7 million, according to data from the Maoyan industry tracker.Industry players say that Disney may have chosen to put aside the levity and musical numbers of the original

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SEOUL, South Korea -- Disney is under fire for filming part of its live-action reboot “Mulan” in Xinjiang, the region in China where the government has been accused of human rights abuses against Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.The final credits in the film, which was released on Disney Plus last week and is being rolled out in several countries this month, thank propaganda departments in Xinjiang and the public security bureau of Turpan, a Uighur-majority city in the

Rebecca Davis editorDisney’s chief financial officer Christine McCarthy acknowledged Thursday that the company’s choice to shoot parts of “Mulan” in China’s Xinjiang region has “generated a lot of issues for us.” The corporation has come under fire for shooting portions of the live action epic in the northwestern region where an estimated one million members of the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority have been placed against their will in internment camps as part of an effort to forcibly

Disney‘s live-action remake of Mulan has come under attack for filming in Xinjiang in China.The autonomous region hosts “alleged widespread human rights abuses”, per The Guardian, against Uighurs and other Muslim minority communities.

Disney's big-budget remake of Mulan, already the subject of apro-democracy boycott, has come under additional fire for filming scenes in China's Xinjiang Province, where Beijing is accused of perpetrating human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims on a massive scale. Not only did Disney shoot in the region, but the studio appears to have offered its gratitude to Chinese government agencies involved in alleged abuses.

The controversy surrounding “Mulan” continues. Not only is the film at the center of the debate regarding the future of the film industry and how studios release films in a post-pandemic world, but the live-action remake of the 1998 animated classic now finds itself, once again, at the center of a debate over democracy and the atrocities alleged to have been committed by the Chinese government.

Human rights groups are demanding accountability from Disney, who released the live-action “Mulan” remake over the weekend.

Disney's is now on Disney Plus!The live-action remake was one of the first movies with a delayed release date due to the coronavirus. As the pandemic continues, the media giant has opted to skip movie theaters in the U.S., instead premiering on Disney's streaming service, Disney+, for $29.99, an additional cost to the $6.99 monthly subscription.Following the high-profile Disney+ releases of and Beyoncé's , Disney's remake stars Yifei Liu as the film's titular heroic Chinese warrior.

Disney's live-action version of Mulan is now available to stream on Disney+, and fans of the story are understandably excited to watch the remake.Actress Liu Yifei plays the lead in Mulan, and has been thrust into the global spotlight as a result of the iconic role. Here's everything you need to know about the star.Liu Yifei was born in China, and immigrated to America.Liu Yifei was born in Wuhan, China, on August 25, 1987.

Yifei Liu — the star of Disney’s new live-action Mulan remake of the beloved 1998 film opened up about sharing some similarities with her on-screen character, having experienced a divided upbringing of her own: Born in central China, Liu spent some of her formative years with her mother in New York City before returning to Beijing for acting school. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Yifei spoke candidly about her character.