The Bad Guys

At the Cannes Film Festival going on now, the China Film Co-Production Corporation (CFCC) set up the China Film Pavilion at the Marché du Film and a China booth at the Palais des Festivals to establish “confidence in the development of the industry and restart international exchanges and cooperation in the field. ” There are no Chinese films being screened at the Festival aside from a handful of shorts.

In 2020, China passed the US to become the biggest box office territory in the world. In 2021, the China Film Administration put out a five-year plan to “adhere to the party’s total leadership over film work.

While Disney is celebrating the $265 million international opening week numbers for Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there is no China release for the movie.

Covid lockdowns continue in China affecting the entire economy. Shanghai has been shuttered for over a month.

The massive talent of Nicolas Cage and the brute force of the Vikings were no match to criminal animals at the box office. The Bad Guys, a heist animated comedy about a group of animal thugs who try to reform themselves as model citizens, trounced the competition with $24 million and landed at the top.