

Among the stars are Black Coal Thin Ice‘s Liao Fan and Jiang Wenli of Farewell My Concubine (no subtitles): Releasing December 11, The Grandmaster writer Xi Haofeng returns to directing with this action drama. Industry sources expect this to be one of the biggest movies in the Middle Kingdom this winter.Ĭheck out more on the films, along with trailers, below: China is instead relying on Mojin – The Lost Legend (aka The Ghouls) to carry that date. In the rest of the world (save India and some smaller markets), Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be the main game.

The hugely anticipated Gone With The Bullets, which broke pre-sales records last year, underperformed on its Decemrelease.ĭecember 18 is a hopeful date again this year. And yet, even for local titles, Chinese tastes can be fickle. Kenan Thompson Launches Production Company & Talent Incubator, Forms Management JV & Sets First Project With Mike TysonĪmong the December movies that scored big last year was Tsui Hark’s The Taking Of Tiger Mountain which grossed over $150M after a December 23 release. (Jackie Chan/Johnny Knoxville action buddy comedy, Skiptrace, was originally due for a December release but has been pushed to February.) Titles we’ll be talking about through the end of the year include Shi Fu/The Master, Mojin – The Lost Legend and Mr Six. As November closed this year, they were at 59%. The movies that will drive box office earlier in the month are a packed slate of action, fantasy and laughs.ĭomestic Chinese films dominated 2014 with 54.5% of the market. Action threequel Ip Man 3 travels to the mainland on December 31 and sees Mike Tyson face off with superstar martial artist Donnie Yen. But there’s still a little Hollywood in the mix - by way of Hong Kong.
Mojin the lost legend production start full#
Now that the December blackout period is in full swing, no further studio pics will see the inside of a PROC multiplex until January.
Mojin the lost legend production start movie#
Point Break got in under the wire last Friday to become the final Hollywood movie of 2015 to release in the Middle Kingdom. UPDATE: I have just been informed that Ip Man 3 (see below) has had its release pushed back and is no longer coming out in December.
