Chinese authorities have absolute control over film distribution in the territory. Foreign films can only be formally distributed in China through one of two centralized state companies.
Last weekend in China, A Minecraft movieof Warner Bros. and Legendarydevastated at the box office and broke the hegemony of local box office success NE ZHA 2which raised $ 2,110 million after 10 weeks of reign. However, it could be an ephemeral triumph due to the tariffs of the US president Donald Trump.
American tariffs on China, currently in 54%, could rise to 104% in Trump’s response to the counter -giant’s counterparts.
Could Trump’s tariffs take China to ban Hollywood films?
Now, as reported, China is considering a series of Repliation measures against the United States They could potentially devastate Hollywood access to the second largest box office in the world, according to publications of two influential figures from Chinese social networks, according to Bloomberg.
Possible measures, which include a possible total reduction or prohibition of imports of American filmswere shared on Tuesday in Chinese social networks by Liu Hong, senior editor of the Xinhuanet state agency, and separately by “Chairman Rabbit”, the online personality of Ren Yi, educated in Harvard, grandson of the former head of the Guangdong Party Ren Zhongyi.
Liu, who works as an attached chief editor of the official website of the Xinhua news agency, published the information just hours after China promised to “fight until the end” in response to the latest tariff threats of President Donald Trump.
The identical publications of both influential accounts cited anonymous sources familiar with the situation and described several possible retaliation actions that Chinese authorities were considering, including: “reduce or completely prohibit the importation of US films.”
Chinese authorities have absolute control over film distribution in the territory. Foreign films can only be formally distributed in China through one of two centralized state companies, and are imported as part of a limited quota of 34 films with income participation, for which the study receives a part of the box office, or through a fixed rate (also known as “purchase”). Rights in China are licensed by a global sum to a local company.
Source: Ambito
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