Chinese film, television, music

TPenglake

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Its so sad that such a huge movie is going to get relegated to just the Chinese market. It should have had international marketing and day 1 dubbing into foreign languages. Then it had the potential to reach a huge global audience. But now its international release will most likely be just a few Chinese diaspora watching it.
Well, when you can make 1.5 billion dollars with just your domestic market alone, the incentive to appeal to foreign audiences isn't exactly there, that's just how it is.

Plus, if the directors wanted to reach a foreign audience, more than just taking into account marketing and dubbing, they would've had to dumb down the movie's mythology and Chinese cultural elements, which these movies don't exactly do. It ain't something like Spirited Away or Totoro, both of which have a lot of Japanese cultural elements but at their very core are rooted in the Alice in Wonderland archetype, making it so that most people no matter their culture could get into it. This is in contrast to, for example, Black Myth Wukong's devs who were vocal about not dumbing down the Journey to the West mythology for the sake of foreign audiences.

I do wonder down the line, now that Chinese entertainment is maturing, how much of a divergence will we get between those who are willing to compromise to reach more foreign viewers and those who think otherwise. The thing with China is that, the latter has just as much sway as the former simply based on how much money they can make off just the Chinese market.
 

GulfLander

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Nezha 2's box office predictions keep going up and up, and now Maoyan has it at potentially 1.6 billion dollars. With those kinds of numbers the Chinese movie industry could care less about Hollywood nowadays, its also a sign that Chinese audiences are no different from anywhere else in the world. The formula's really simple, make good movies and people will show up.

Idols alone won't guarantee box office success, evidenced by the failure of the Condor Heroes adaptation starring Xiao Zhan. Nor do Chinese audiences just knee jerk show up for patriotic war movies anymore, since Operation Red Sea's sequel bombed this time around. Chinese filmmakers now know, yes we unequivocally now have the world's biggest market and it'll only keep getting bigger, but we actually have to work in order to get people into theaters.

Nezha 2 is certainly getting headlines being the first film to make 1 billion dollars in a single market, I don't know if that'll be enough to get people around the world interested in the movie. But it seems Chinese cinema may soon have its Genshin and Wukong moment, and I'm all for it.

Now if only Cdramas can cut it out with the Xianxia nonsense and make more Longest Day in Chang'an quality dramas, but with lean runtimes of 15-20 episodes. One can dream.

Sometimes, YouTube really does recommend gold out of nowhere. Never heard of this nor saw anything about it, just randomly recommended it to me on a meme video of of all places. This might just take my place as my number 1 donghua. It's amazing.

Donghua/animations seem to be the curremt bright spot of CN mainland entertainment. Unless the industry massively improve in screenwriting/directing, also include professional acyors that r atleast good or use their own voices... it would be hard to reach kdrama level (quality influence)paid/free...
 

sunnymaxi

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Donghua/animations seem to be the curremt bright spot of CN mainland entertainment. Unless the industry massively improve in screenwriting/directing, also include professional acyors that r atleast good or use their own voices... it would be hard to reach kdrama level (quality influence)paid/free...
you purposely ignore the last page post and telling us about C Dramas and Donghua.. its hilarious.

please check facts and figures then talk.

Chinese dramas on Southeast Asia’s video-on-demand platforms are outperforming US content and ranked second in terms of viewer numbers in the first half, according to digital measurement platform AMPD, Hou Xiaonan, CEO of Tencent’s culture and entertainment group Yuewen. On freemium platforms, they made up 40% of views, surpassing Korean dramas...

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C Dramas taking over US/K content in South east Asian market. even in paid content, they made up 40% of views, surpassing Korean dramas.

just like industrialization , science and tech.. Chinese entertainment industry started to take lead in SEA market.
 

GulfLander

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you purposely ignore the last page post and telling us about C Dramas and Donghua.. its hilarious.

please check facts and figures then talk.

Chinese dramas on Southeast Asia’s video-on-demand platforms are outperforming US content and ranked second in terms of viewer numbers in the first half, according to digital measurement platform AMPD, Hou Xiaonan, CEO of Tencent’s culture and entertainment group Yuewen. On freemium platforms, they made up 40% of views, surpassing Korean dramas...

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C Dramas taking over US/K content in South east Asian market. even in paid content, they made up 40% of views, surpassing Korean dramas.

just like industrialization , science and tech.. Chinese entertainment industry started to take lead in SEA market.
Whats the category of the Chinese in the graph? Is it for Drama, Variety movies or animation? Bcoz the chart doesnt say.. and

Anyway i meant no harm, I am just basing on some cdramas that i watched.. and i enjoyed the cn animations more than the live actions ones recently. And ofc it will be good to see the CN get more SVOD share. As i said hope to continue improving..
 
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To embrace the Year of the Snake, Henan TV will stage the Spring Festival gala Snakes Return, Fortunes Turn tonight, offering audiences a dazzling celebration of Chinese culture and the Spring Festival. The gala highlights "family culture" and showcases intangible cultural heritage.

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Popular influencer Li Ziqi is featured at the 2025 Henan TV Spring Festival gala. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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A poster for the 2025 Henan TV Spring Festival gala. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

To embrace the Year of the Snake, Henan TV will stage the Spring Festival gala Snakes Return, Fortunes Turn tonight, offering audiences a dazzling celebration of Chinese culture and the Spring Festival. The gala highlights "family culture" and showcases intangible cultural heritage through captivating performances.

Yang Liping's team will perform the dance Snakes Return, Fortunes Turn, inspired by an ancient silk painting of Fuxi and Nüwa discovered in the Astana tombs in Turpan, Xinjiang. The piece draws on the imagery of Fuxi and Nüwa— human-headed, snake-bodied figures intertwined—symbolizing "family culture" and unity.

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Comedian Yue Yunpeng is featured at the 2025 Henan TV Spring Festival gala. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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Singer Zhou Shen is featured at the 2025 Henan TV Spring Festival gala. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
 

sunnymaxi

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cannot describe this juggernaut in words ..

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life time gross heading towards $2 Billion.

Number of cinema tickets sold already cross 170 million mark. this feat never achieved before in any single market in past 50 years.

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GiantPanda

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cannot describe this juggernaut in words ..

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life time gross heading towards $2 Billion.

Number of cinema tickets sold already cross 170 million mark. this feat never achieved before in any single market in past 50 years.

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Absolutely incredible.


A lot of Westerners are trying to spin this as an one-off phenomenom. But this is part and parcel of the family blockbuster trend in China that began with The Mermaid to Monster Hunt to Nezha to now Nezha II. There is also the Boonie Bears franchise that grossed over $1B over the years.
 
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