Chinese poster vs original
F them and their General Tso's chicken 4 real 4 real
Source: Can Disney Possibly Succeed With 'Black Panther' In China'?
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Consider this list of movies from the past two years:
Get Out, All Eyez On Me, Girls Trip, The Dark Tower, Marshall, Ride Along 2, Hidden Figures, The Best Man Wedding, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Suicide Squad, Central Intelligence.
All featured black actors in the lead roles. Several were big successes at the box office and profitable for their backers.
But not one of these movies was authorized for release in mainland China’s movie theaters.
It’s not that the Chinese film authorities actively discriminate against films with black actors. But a big part of their job is to import movies that will succeed at the local box office, and their experience and instincts tell them that such films haven’t typically been embraced by China’s moviegoers.
Not that they’ve tried very hard to change the status quo. Movies with black stars in the lead roles sometimes succeed in the Middle Kingdom—Will Smith’s MIB 3 was a top-10 hit there in 2012—but more often than not they are either rejected for distribution or fail to make a splash in the market.
I couldn’t say whether Chinese moviegoers purposefully avoid films with black stars. But I started thinking about the issue as it relates to China back in 2010 when the Karate Kid re-boot released there. The film was produced by Will Smith and starred his son Jaden in the title role opposite Jackie Chan. Despite the fact that it was made as a co-production with substantial backing from the huge and powerful China Film Group, despite the fact that it was given a preferential PRC release, despite the fact that it grossed $176 million in North America and $175 million in other overseas markets, and despite the fact that it featured China’s favorite movie star Jackie Chan in the second lead role, The Karate Kid bombed in China, with a paltry $7 million in box office collections.”
one of the comments Chinese have A LOT of power in Hwood believe it or not. They are one of the biggest consumers of American film and love seeing caucasian Hollywood actors. Last time I checked, a Chinese company recently purchased AMC.
That's why Hwood caters to China so much and allows them to get away with things like this. It's the $$$$
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