Next week, something special arrives on movie screens across China. Death on the Nile is the first Hollywood film to open in China in months, and it’s currently the only U.S. release on the calendar.
Film industry reporter Erich Schwartzel says it’s getting harder than ever for Hollywood films to crack China’s market. The author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy says many of Marvel’s biggest titles didn’t get in last year.
“The Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Black Widow — all titles that didn’t get into China and left a big
