Jackie Chan Apartments Are Seized and to Be Auctioned

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.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet handily passed $200M overseas this weekend with a $25M offshore frame to bring the overseas box office to $214M. Including domestic, the global cume is now $250.1M.

Vivienne Chow Chinese sci-fi blockbuster “The Wandering Earth” was named film of the year by the China Film Directors Guild at its annual awards ceremony on Saturday night in Beijing, local media reported.The award ceremony, which took place coincided with the further re-opening of cinemas in China as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, also presented director of the year award (Hong Kong and Taiwan) to Derek Tsang for his 2019 youth drama “Better Days.” It was the second time that Tsang won the

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe English Premier League, soccer’s most lucrative club championship, will return to screens in China from this weekend.

76 Days— which follows exhausted doctors and nurses in Wuhan, China struggling to cope as the deadly global outbreak of the new coronavirus first originated — will be eagerly anticipated at the Toronto Film Festival as it's the first documentary from ground zero of the COVID-19 crisis to reach movie theaters. The irony is the ongoing global pandemic will keep New York City-based co-director Hao Wu from physically attending the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept.

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.

Jackie Chan is being forced to allow two of his apartments in Beijing to go up for auction due to an ownership dispute. The actor, known for movie hits like “Rush Hour,” “The Karate Kid” and “The Foreigner” finds himself locked in a legal dispute between two real estate companies that will now force him to get rid of two pieces of luxury property he bought in 2006.

Disney’s Mulan has finally locked down its high-stakes theatrical release date in China. The film will open in the Middle Kingdom on Sept.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorDisney’s live-action take on its 1998 Oscar-nominated animated classic Mulan has finally been set for a China release on September 11.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDisney’s Chinese-themed “Mulan” will hit mainland Chinese theaters in just a few days time, and only one week after “Tenet.”According to Chinese exhibitors “Mulan” will open in theaters on Sept. 11.

Influential Chinese video platform Bilibili has taken a 9.9 percent stake in Huanxi Media, the rising film and TV studio that counts blockbuster directors Xu Zheng, Zhang Yimou and Ning Hao as major shareholders. Bilibili agreed to invest $513 million Hong Kong dollars ($66 million) in Huanxi in exchange for almost 347 million shares in the studio, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

China's blockbuster war epic The Eight Hundred earned a healthy $69 million during its second weekend on Chinese screens, retaining the global box office crown over Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Tenet brought in $53 million-plus from 41 international markets, including Canada, according to Warner Bros.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese war film, “The Eight Hundred” was the highest scoring film in the world over the weekend.According to data from Artisan Gateway, “The Eight Hundred” grossed $69 million between Friday and Sunday, its second weekend on release in China.