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Uno Comedian Username: Uno Post Number: 1333 Registered: 03-2016 Posted From: 174.115.80.19 Rating: N/A |
On China's most popular cinema portals, Dangal has been uniformly applauded. On social media app WeChat, the movie enjoys the highest rating among films currently being shown in China with a 9.8 score out of 10. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_VBGMNWAAMxCRg.jpg:large There is a threat though from China's protective cinema operator, Wanda. Wanda believes Dangal will hurt the interests of the local movies. Wanda cinemas have a near monopoly in the smaller cities and towns of China. Wanda says its will cut down Dangal screenings to less than 50 in the interior China. This will affect the movie's collective earnings, but the big cities would have done the good deed for Aamir. Despite Wanda's lack of interest in the film, a number of Chinese celebrities have come out to promote the film. The actor Deng Chao posted a message on the Chinese Twitter-equivalent, Sina Weibo, telling fans to watch it, while actress Liu Yifei promoted the film along with Aamir Khan during his visit. "I give full marks to Dangal," wrote another fan. "I was touched that I cried so much and when I ran out of tissue, I borrowed two pieces of it from a stranger beside me, I am going to watch it again and again." The publicity campaign for the movie was carefully engineered. Aamir and his team spent a week in China in April promoting the film. They travelled to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, holding events in the middle of milling audiences. The film opened to 7000 screens. By comparison PK had been screened only in 3000 screens. Of late there has been a upsurge in the popularity of Indian mythological dramas and other TV serials from India despite the fact Indo-China relations are in a downward spiral. ------------ Wanda has over 1,250 Theaters in china also owns AMC theaters |