‘The Batman’ Gets March 18 Release Date in China
17.02.2022 - 19:07
/ thewrap.com
The approval is a big boost to Warner’s box office hopes, as it will be the first comic book movie since “Wonder Woman 1984” to get a release in China and the first major American import after the Lunar New Year period, which is reserved for Chinese films only. Warner Bros.
has released a new poster with the release date, which can be seen belowRobert Pattinson starring ‘The Batman’ scheduled for 3/18 China domestic theatrical release, scores new poster for China pic.twitter.com/7a2UbVjsE6Last year, multiple Marvel movies including “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Eternals” were denied Chinese releases. In the case of the latter two films, the rejection came as interviews with “Shang-Chi” star Simu Liu and “Eternals” director Chloe Zhao — both Chinese expats — resurfaced in which they criticized China’s government.
The pandemic box office’s biggest global hit, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” was also among those that stayed out of Chinese theaters. Though the film didn’t need China to become a smash hit with over $1.8 billion grossed worldwide, having that country’s moviegoers buy tickets likely would have made it the sixth film in box office history to earn a global total of over $2 billion.
But beyond comic book movies, the number of American films approved for release in China dropped considerably last year. Among the few exceptions were Universal’s “F9,” 20th Century’s “Free Guy,” and Warner Bros.’ “Dune” and “Godzilla vs.
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