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China Outpaces Japan To Become World’s No. 2 Movie Market: MPAA

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 3:46pm PDTTags: Box Office, China, Japan, MPAA

China moviesThe data in the MPAA‘s Theatrical Market Statistics report for 2012 are striking: China accounted for $2.7B in box office sales last year, up from $2.0B in 2011. That vaults the country past Japan at $2.4B, a slight increase from 2011′s $2.3B. “China is building 10 screens a day,” MPAA chief Chris Dodd says. “There’s a voracious appetite for product and our films have done well.” He cited recent agreements that enable Hollywood studios to show 30 films a year in China, up from 14. But he says what’s more important is that “there is no restriction on joint ventures which can allow for greater opportunity for product to get in.” Dodd says he just met with the head of the Wanda Group, a major theater owner there (and here, since its acquisition last year of AMC Entertainment). “He’s trying to fill seats and knows that American product draws a terrific audience in China.”

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Some studios were frustrated last year when some of their biggest hits were pitted against each other in China. For example, Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises, Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man, and Fox’ Prometheus opened within a week of each other. “Ironically, they all did very well,” Dodd says, although he acknowledges that he considers the release schedules a problem. He also pointed to “the blackout periods when you can’t get anything into a theater. And we’ve certainly raised our concerns about that at the very highest authorities we have access to.” He calls the relationship “vastly improved” over the last few years “despite these bumps in the road.”

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‘Ted’ Passes ‘Skyfall’ Box Office In Japan

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 3:39pm PSTTags: Box Office, Japan, Media Rights Capital, Ted, Universal Pictures

Universal and MRC‘s Ted today passed Skyfall at the Japanese box office and now has grossed $32.5M in the territory, the biggest total so far in 2013. It already was the biggest R-rated comedy of all … Read More »

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Apple Loses Case Vs. Samsung In Japan

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 31, 2012 @ 12:05am PDTTags: Apple, Japan, Samsung

Coming off a major U.S. copyright victory against the same rival just a week ago, Apple lost a case today in Japan when a Tokyo court ruled that Samsung‘s mobile devices did not infringe on an … Read More »

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Longtime Exec Sandy Climan Leading Global Campaign For Japanese Entertainment

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday February 28, 2012 @ 8:57am PSTTags: Japan, Japanese Manga, Japanese TV

EXCLUSIVE: One of the industry’s top deal makers, Climan has been named CEO of a new enterprise, All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW), that vows to drive the most ambitious effort yet to spread Japan’s entertainment to English-speaking audiences. “Japan has … Read More »

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SURPRISE! Holdout CBS To Deliver Content To Hulu – But Only For Japan Market

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday September 1, 2011 @ 6:09am PDTTags: CBS, Hulu, Japan

This is big news for whichever Big Media corporation ultimately buys Hulu now that bids are in for the online TV service. Until now Hulu’s content providers have been limited to mostly NBCUniversal, News Corporation, and The Walt Disney Company. CBS has long been … Read More »

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Netflix: Japan, South Korea In Its Sights

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday August 17, 2011 @ 5:29pm PDTTags: Japan, Netflix, Spain

One day after Netflix’s plan to establish a beachhead in piracy-plagued Spain came to light, comes word that the streaming and DVD giant has chosen select Asian territories for expansion. The goal is to be up and running there … Read More »

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Hulu Opens Offices In Japan For First Overseas Launch Later This Year

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 12:58pm PDTTags: Comcast, Disney, Hulu, Japan, NBCUniversal, News Corp

We don’t know who will own Hulu a few months from now, but whoever does should have some people on staff who speak Japanese. The online streaming service says today in a blog post that it will … Read More »

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Disney Shuts Down All Operations In Tokyo

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday March 18, 2011 @ 11:32am PDTTags: Disney, Earthquake, Japan, Theme Parks, Tsunami

The two Tokyo theme parks have been closed since last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami (they were used as shelters for park-goers stranded following the quake), and now the Burbank-based company is temporarily suspending operations in the city’s stores and administrative … Read More »

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Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea Suspend Operations After Earthquake and Tsunami

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday March 13, 2011 @ 3:13pm PDTTags: Earthquake, Japan

Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea suspended operations due to the effect of the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake on 3/11. Theme park operations will continue to be suspended tomorrow and thereafter. We will target 3/21 for a decision and notification on when to expect operations to resume.

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‘Hawaii Five-0′ Production Not Impacted By Tsunami

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 11, 2011 @ 10:13am PSTTags: CBS TV Studios, Daniel Dae Kim, Earthquake, Hawaii Five-0, Japan, Tsunami
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Two months after the big tsunami episode of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0, the show is facing a real one. Hawaii, where the series is shot, has been under a tsunami warning after the massive 8.9 earthquake in Japan but, according to a rep for CBS TV Studios, which produces the series, … Read More »

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UPDATE: Japan Quake-Tsunami Puts ‘Tangled’ And ‘Megamind’ Openings In Limbo; Also Halts Sony Biz Production

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday March 11, 2011 @ 8:49am PSTTags: Apple, Earthquake, Japan, Sony, Taylor Lautner, Tsunami, Twilight

UPDATE: Two 3D animation movies were supposed to open big in Japan this weekend for the March school holidays. But Disney’s Tangled and DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind are now in limbo. That scary 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan also … Read More »

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