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China Box Office: ‘The Untold Story’ Wins Weekend With Two-Day Opening, ‘Red One’ Opens Sixth

Chinese melodrama film “The Untold Story” opened on top of the mainland China box office on its debut weekend, despite playing for only two days. It earned RMB80.8 million ($11.4 million),...

Korea Box Office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ and ‘Hear Me: Our Summer’ Tied Over Quiet Weekend

The South Korean theatrical box office sunk to its lowest-earning weekend of the year, despite the release of new films including “Hear Me: Our Summer,” “Red One” and “Anora.” “Venom: The...

Sony Pictures Profits Slip to $124 Million in Second Quarter as Group Makes 75% Leap

Sony Group Corporation reported little changed revenues of JPY2.91 trillion ($19 billion) for the July to September period, representing the second quarter of its April to March financial year. But group-level...

Tiptoeing Towards Regional Coproductions, Asian Governments Take Funding, Reform Steps

Governments and agencies across Asia are taking steps to expand and extend the cross-border film coproduction movement. A seminar called ‘From Eurasia to Global Collaboration’ on Thursday, the third day of...

Prostitution and Cloning on the Agenda as ‘Tomorrow and I’ Delivers Thai Sci-fi Anthology for Netflix

Thai film director Paween Purijitpanya has directed “Tomorrow and I,” a four-part anthology series for Netflix. It covers topics including cloning, prostitution, religion and global warming. The series expands the streamer’s...

Expanded Taiwan Content Market Opens With Talk of Money and Opportunity: ‘We Have Diversity and the Creative Freedom to Tell Those Stories’

Officials and filmmakers were on hand Tuesday in Taipei to hail the Taiwan Creative Content Fest as a stepping stone for local and Asian creators to mount the world stage. “We...

China Box Office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Holds off ‘Cesium Fallout’

“Venom: The Last Dance” held top spot at the mainland China box office for the second consecutive weekend. It beat newly released Andy Lau-starring thriller “Cesium Fallout.” “Venom: The...

Korea Box Office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Holds for Second Weekend Win

“Venom: The Last Dance” held on for a second weekend win at the South Korea theatrical box office. It fended off a decent challenge from local comedy “Amazon Bullseye.” “Venom” earned...

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