Published 14:04 IST, March 26th 2020
China to re-release The Avengers Franchise, Avatar, Interstellar, and Inception
China is said to be re-releasing major Hollywood films such as The Avengers franchise, Avatar, Inception and Interstellar to boost box office. Know more
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Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has led to a shut down in cinemas in many countries. China is major market for movies around globe will be opening its atres soon. With that, it will also bring back popular films such as Avengers franchise, Avatar and a few more back on big screens. Re to kw more.
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China rereleasing major films
According to reports, China will be bringing back all four of Marvel’s Avengers movies, which are Avengers (2012), Avengers: of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Or Hollywood blockbusters such as Avatar (2009) and Christopher lan’s Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014) will also be joining in. official release date for se blockbusters has t been anunced yet. However, as per a report by a leing daily, y will be screened whenever Digital Cinema Packs (DCPs) reach cinemas.
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Wuhan in China is said to be origin place of coronavirus. As per latest reports, country has w gained a bit of control against COVID-19. Chinese area of Hubei, allowed its estimated 60 million residents to resume travel. In dition to that, a few cinemas across country, along with restaurants, shopping malls began tentative experiments to reopen, over past week.
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According to reports, re were around 600 to 700 Chinese movie atres that were open for business. However, majority of m were smaller operators with lesser screens and located in remote regions of China, which were reportedly hit less hard by coronavirus while it was in its peak in February in country. nationwide Chinese cinema chains have anunced a continuation of business till w, but n number of screens is increasing on a daily bases, as per reports.
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Hollywood movies which are set to release over coming time are among most famous films in China. James Cameron’s Avatar brought in an iconic $202 million re when China reportedly h just a small division of its current total of 70,000 screens. Inception got around $68.5 million with a cult following and Interstellar h earned $122 million. Meanwhile, Avengers franchise is by far China’s favourite international feature, with four instalments grossing over $1 billion collectively in China.
14:04 IST, March 26th 2020